Management of cryptococcosis in non-HIV-related patients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-251

  Yao, Zhi Rong ^a   Liao, Wanqing ^b   Chen, Rengui ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Diagnosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LIVER ENZYME; TERBINAFINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARALYSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 20944439683     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780410001731628     Document Type: Article

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