A multinational outbreak of histoplasmosis following a biology field trip in the Ugandan rainforest

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-87

  Cottle, Lucy E ^a   Gkrania Klotsas, Effrossyni ^b   Williams, Hannah J ^a   Brindle, Hannah E ^a   Carmichael, Andrew J ^b   Fry, Graham ^c   Beeching, Nicholas J ^a,d  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Tropical Medical Bureau   (Ireland)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; EFFUSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAIN FOREST; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREE; UGANDA;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CHIROPTERA; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; TRAVEL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874783712     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12012     Document Type: Article

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