Coccidioidomycosis After Solid Organ Transplantation: A Population-Based Study
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Coccidioidomycosis in solid organ transplantation.
Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic fungal infection of the southwestern United States. Normally a self-limited infection in healthy hosts, coccidioidomycosis can become a serious complication in patients who have had solid organ transplantation. Among patients whose solid organ transplantation was complicated by coccidioidomycosis, the infection has a variety of clinical presentations. Disseminat...
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2017