Endobronchial cryptococcosis

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-61

  Peikert, Tobias ^a,b   Tazelaar, Henry D ^b   Prakash, Udaya B S ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal infections; Endobronchial diseases; Endobronchial mycosis; Pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LANSOPRAZOLE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LISINOPRIL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEITIS;

EID: 12144275381     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128594-200501000-00022     Document Type: Review

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