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Systemic Mycoses

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Histoplasmosis is a granulomatous systemic mycosis that is mainly endemic in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys in USA, in Latin America, India, east Asia and in Australia. However, sporadic eases may occur in other parts of the word, particularly in HIV infected patients.

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  1. Medical School, University of Athens, 37 Ipsilandou Street, 10676, Athens, Greece

    George Laskaris MD, DDS, PhD (Head of Oral Medicine Clinic,“A. Sygros” Hospital Associate Professor of Oral Medicine Medical School)

  2. Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X8LD, UK

    Crispian Scully CBE, MD, PhD, MDS, MRCS, FDSRCS, FDSRCPS, FFDRCSI, FDSRCSE, FRCPath, FMedSci (Director)

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Laskaris, G., Scully, C. (2003). Systemic Mycoses. In: Periodontal Manifestations of Local and Systemic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55596-1_20

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