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Dimorphic Fungal Infections in HIV/AIDS Patients with non-TB Chronic Cough at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

2023-07-25

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Introduction: Dimorphic fungi cause infection following inhalation of spores into the pulmonary system. In the lower respiratory tract, the conidia transform into the yeast phase which are engulfed by alveolar macrophages and may be destroyed without disease manifestation. However, in some cases they may persist and cause fungal disease characterized by formation of granulomas in the i...

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Literature Corpus work: 65a08f43-4d9c-545a-9bd4-fdb57bb7c655
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3194828/v1

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