Serotype distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans in patients in a tertiary care center in India

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-186

  Banerjee, Uma ^a   Datta, Kausik ^a,b   Casadevall, Arturo ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; HIV AIDS; India; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIA; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SKIN DISEASE;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; INDIA; SEROTYPING;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 1842863481     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001615376     Document Type: Article

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