Value of Assessing Cryptococcal Antigen in Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Sputum Specimens from Patients with AIDS

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 422-425

  Bottone, Edward J ^a   Sindone, Monica ^a   Caraballo, Victor ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cryptococcal antigen

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; SPUTUM;

EID: 0032193310     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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