Histoplasmosis in India: Truly uncommon or uncommonly recognised?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 25-28

  Gopalakrishnan, Ram ^a   Senthur Nambi, P ^a   Ramasubramanian, V ^a   Abdul Ghafur, K ^a   Parameswaran, Ashok ^a  

^a APOLLO HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867415885     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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