Lung mass in a sixteen-year-old young man

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-294+296

  Pan, Ann H ^a   Janner, Donald ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Pulmonary mass

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FUNGAL DETECTION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037347541     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200303000-00024     Document Type: Article

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