Pulmonary and meningeal cryptococcosis in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis [12]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 843-844

  Lee, Y C Gary ^a,b   Chew, G T ^c   Robinson, B W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DYSPNEA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS PROTEINOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MENINX DISORDER;

EID: 0033403730     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1999.tb00803.x     Document Type: Letter

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