Bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of fungal disease. Five years' experience in a southern United States rural area with many blastomycosis cases.

L B Lemos; M Baliga; B D Taylor; Z J Cason; H L Lucia

Bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of fungal disease. Five years' experience in a southern United States rural area with many blastomycosis cases.

L B Lemos
, M Baliga
, B D Taylor
, Z J Cason
, H L Lucia

University of Mississippi Medical Center

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Original language	American English
Journal	Acta Cytologica
Volume	39
Issue number	6
State	Published - Nov 1 1995
Externally published	Yes

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Pathology

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Bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosis of fungal disease. Five years' experience in a southern United States rural area with many blastomycosis cases.

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