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  1. Infectious Disease Service, Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX; F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

    Duane R. Hospenthal MD,PhD

  2. Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

    Michael G. Rinaldi PhD

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Restrepo, A., Tobón, A.M., Agudelo, C.A. (2008). Paracoccidioidomycosis. In: Hospenthal, D.R., Rinaldi, M.G. (eds) Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Mycoses. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-325-7_18

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