Recovery of Cryptococcus neoformans from the nasopharynx of AIDS patients

Mycopathologia

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-134

  Sukroongreung, S ^a   Eampokalap, B ^b   Tansuphaswadikul, S ^b   Nilakul, C ^a   Tantimavanich, S ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Humans; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; GUIZOTIA ABYSSINICA;

EID: 0032433620     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006909532185     Document Type: Article

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