Eosinophilic Pneumonia in a Traveller Returning from Mexico
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Fever in the returning traveller: A forgotten culprit
Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Correspondence: Dr Karim Ladak, Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, HSC-3W10, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1. Telephone 905-962-2786, fax 905-529-0066, e-mail [email protected] CASE PRESENTATION A 74-year-old woman presented to the emergency department after blood cultures drawn by...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1712-9532
DOI: 10.1155/2007/502015