The role of cryptococcal latex antigen tests

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 64-66

  Backo, Mira ^a   Tomalty, Lewis ^a   Wobeser, Wendy ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; FLUCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NAUSEA; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SCABIES; THRUSH; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035871518     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-4399(01)89018-8     Document Type: Article

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8. Histologic response to capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans
9. Septic arthritis due to nonencapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans with coexisting sarcoidosis
10. Granulomatous prostatitis induced by capsule-deficient cryptococcal infection