Pulmonary cryptococcosis: A case report and review of the Asian-Pacific experience

Respirology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 351-355

  Lam, Chi Leung ^a   Lam, Wah Kit ^a   Wong, Yick ^b   Ooi, Gaik C ^b   Wong, Maria P ^b   Ho, James C ^a   Lam, Bing ^a   Tsang, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Pneumonia; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035700544     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2001.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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