Short report: Detection and phylogenetic characterization of a case of Histoplasma capsulatum infection in mainland China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1180-1183

  Wang, Ying ^a   Pan, Bo ^b   Wu, Jianhua ^a   Bi, Xinling ^a   Liao, Wanqing ^b   Pan, Weihua ^b   Gu, Jun ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHINA; FATIGUE; FEVER; FUNGAL DETECTION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BONE MARROW; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOPLASMA; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW; CHINA; DNA, FUNGAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902241707     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0048     Document Type: Article

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