Fibrosing mediastinitis complicating prior histoplasmosis is associated with human leukocyte antigen DQB1*04:02 − a case control study

BACKGROUND: Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is an idiosyncratic reaction to infection with Histoplasma capsulatum with a prevalence of 3:100,000 people infected. The rarity of post-histoplasmosis fibrosing mediastinitis (PHFM) in areas where H. capsulatum is endemic suggests that an abnormal immunologi...

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Autores principales: Strock, Stephen B, Gaudieri, Silvana, Mallal, Simon, Yu, Chang, Mitchell, Daphne, Cogan, Joy, Mason, Wendi, Crowe, Deborah, Loyd, James E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25940591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0943-7

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