DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT HAWELI DWELLER: A DIAGNOSIS AND FOLLOW-UP BY ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION

Disseminated histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent haweli dweller: A diagnosis and follow-up by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is nowadays widespread minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing a large number of benign as well as malignant lesions.We report a case of a 62-year-old immunocompetent elderly male, who presented with high-grade fever, hepatosplenomegaly and mediastinal and intra-abdominal lymph nodes

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Enhancement of antibiotic activity by efflux inhibitors against multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Brazil

Drug resistant tuberculosis continues to increase and new approaches for its treatment are necessary.The identification of M.tuberculosis clinical isolates presenting efflux as part of their resistant phenotype has a major impact in tuberculosis treatment.In this work, we used a checkerboard procedure combined with the tetrazolium microplate-based

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