Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina

Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina

An epidemiological study for histoplasmosis coccidioidomycosis and cryptococcosis made in five areas of the province of Córdoba is presented. The data obtained showed a global positivity of 41.1% for histoplasmin 26.7% for coccidioidin and 14.1% for cryptococcin. In some areas, the Rio III basin and...

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Main Authors: Diana T. Masih, Blanca E. marticorena, Noemi Borletto, Camilo Farías, Ricardo Negroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1987-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Bronchopulmonary mycosis - lung
Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000100010&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-7402145bac5941b4bdbeb097ae97a5602020-11-24T23:18:10ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo1678-99461987-02-01291596210.1590/S0036-46651987000100010S0036-46651987000100010Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentinaDiana T. MasihBlanca E. marticorenaNoemi BorlettoCamilo FaríasRicardo NegroniAn epidemiological study for histoplasmosis coccidioidomycosis and cryptococcosis made in five areas of the province of Córdoba is presented. The data obtained showed a global positivity of 41.1% for histoplasmin 26.7% for coccidioidin and 14.1% for cryptococcin. In some areas, the Rio III basin and Traslasierra, the histoplasmosis infection indexes were much higher, 53,3% and 73.1% respectively. The index of positive skin tests with Cryptococcus antigen in Traslasierra was also very high: 31.9%.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000100010&lng=en&tlng=enBronchopulmonary mycosis - lungEpidemiology
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author Diana T. Masih
Blanca E. marticorena
Noemi Borletto
Camilo Farías
Ricardo Negroni
spellingShingle Diana T. Masih
Blanca E. marticorena
Noemi Borletto
Camilo Farías
Ricardo Negroni
Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Bronchopulmonary mycosis - lung
Epidemiology
author_facet Diana T. Masih
Blanca E. marticorena
Noemi Borletto
Camilo Farías
Ricardo Negroni
author_sort Diana T. Masih
title Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
title_short Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
title_full Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
title_fullStr Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
title_sort epidemiologic study of bronchopulmonary mycosis in the province of cordoba, argentina
publisher Universidade de São Paulo
series Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
issn 1678-9946
publishDate 1987-02-01
description An epidemiological study for histoplasmosis coccidioidomycosis and cryptococcosis made in five areas of the province of Córdoba is presented. The data obtained showed a global positivity of 41.1% for histoplasmin 26.7% for coccidioidin and 14.1% for cryptococcin. In some areas, the Rio III basin and Traslasierra, the histoplasmosis infection indexes were much higher, 53,3% and 73.1% respectively. The index of positive skin tests with Cryptococcus antigen in Traslasierra was also very high: 31.9%.
topic Bronchopulmonary mycosis - lung
Epidemiology
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