Disseminated cryptococcosis associated with adrenal masses and insufficiency

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-64

  Kawamura, Mitsunobu ^a   Miyazaki, Shigeru ^a   Mashiko, Shigeru ^a   Sumi, Masami ^a   Ashidate, Keiko ^a   Tohda, Hisako ^a   Hase, Kazumasa ^a   Ando, Noriko ^a  

^a TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenectomy; Bilateral adrenal masses; Cryptococcosis; Primary adrenal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STEROID;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031820017     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199807000-00010     Document Type: Article

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