DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO SERONE GATIVITY IN A CASE OF PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS - DISCUSSION OF THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG-DISEASE AND SALBUTAMOL AEROSOL

Authors
GAUTRET P BARRIER JH GERMAUD P BOSQUE F FICHE M DELUMEAU J MARJOLET M
Citation
P. Gautret et al., DIAGNOSTIC DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO SERONE GATIVITY IN A CASE OF PULMONARY HISTOPLASMOSIS - DISCUSSION OF THE POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG-DISEASE AND SALBUTAMOL AEROSOL, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 23(10), 1993, pp. 677-678
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
23
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
677 - 678
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1993)23:10<677:DDRTSG>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The authors report one case of pulmonary histoplasmosis with negative serology. The diagnosis of Histoplasma capsulatum primary infection is difficult and, most of the time rest on isolation of the fungus from tissue biopsy. The responsability of salbutamol spray for favoring con tamination is mentioned in that case.