Septic Shock in Patient with Disseminated Histoplasmosis Associated with Aids: a Case Report
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(1) Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Unimontes, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Master’s Degree student of the Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde. (2) Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Unimontes, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Medical student. (3) Hospital Universitário Clemente de Faria. Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Unimontes, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Resident of Internal Medicine. (4) Specialist in Internal Medicine. Hospital Universitário Clemente de Faria. Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Unimontes, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Correspondence to: Jair Almeida Carneiro, R. Gen. Carneiro 395, apt. B, Centro, 39400-095 Montes Claros, MG, Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] SEPTIC SHOCK IN PATIENT WITH DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH AIDS: A CASE REPORT
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تاریخ انتشار 2013