Disseminated Histoplasmosis in HIV-Infected Patients in South America: A Neglected Killer Continues on Its Rampage

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Nacher, Mathieu ^a,b   Adenis, Antoine ^a,b   Mc Donald, Sigrid ^c   Do Socorro Mendonca Gomes, Margarete ^d   Singh, Shanti ^e   Lopes Lima, Ivina ^d   Malcher Leite, Rosilene ^d   Hermelijn, Sandra ^c   Wongsokarijo, Merril ^f   Van Eer, Marja ^g   Marques Da Silva, Silvia ^h   Mesquita Da Costa, Maurimelia ^h   Silva, Marizette ⁱ   Calvacante, Maria ⁱ   do Menino Jesus Silva Leitao, Terezinha ^j   Gómez, Beatriz L ^k   Restrepo, Angela ^k   Tobon, Angela ^k   Canteros, Cristina E ^l   Aznar, Christine ^b   Blanchet, Denis ^b   Vantilcke, Vincent ^m   Vautrin, Cyrille ^m   Boukhari, Rachida ^m   Chiller, Tom ⁿ   Scheel, Christina ⁿ   Ahlquist, Angela ⁿ   Roy, Monika ⁿ   Lortholary, Olivier ^o,p   Carme, Bernard ^a,b   Couppié, Pierre ^b   Vreden, Stephen ^c   more..

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Academisch Ziekenhuis Paramaribo   (Suriname)

^d Central Laboratory of Public Health of Amapá Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Amapá LACEN AP   (Brazil)

^e National AIDS Program   (Guyana)

^f Public Health Central Laboratory of Suriname   (Suriname)

^g Diakonessenhuis   (Suriname)

^h INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ Hospital de Clinicas Dr Alberto Lima   (Brazil)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^k Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^l INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^m Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais   (France)

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^o INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^p CNRS   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; GALACTOMANNAN; LIVER ENZYME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; AWARENESS; CYTOPENIA; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

HISTOPLASMOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84888230353     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002319     Document Type: Editorial

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