Cryptococcemia. An analysis of 28 cases with emphasis on the clinical outcome and its etiologic agent

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-146

  Comarú Pasqualotto, Alessandro ^a,b   Bittencourt Severo, Cecília ^a   De Mattos Oliveira, Flávio ^a   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a  

^a Infection Control Department   (Brazil)

^b Mycology Laboratory   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcemia; Cryptococcus neoformans varieties gattii and grubii

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCEMIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APACHE; ARGENTINA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 11244343152     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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