First report of Cryptococcus albidus-induced disseminated cryptococcosis in a renal transplant recipient

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Lee, Yeon Ah ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Lee, Tae Won ^a   Kim, Myung Jae ^a   Lee, Mu Hyoung ^a   Lee, Ju Hie ^a   Ihm, Chun Gyoo ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus albidus; Fluconazole; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOSIS; SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; X RAY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUCONAZOLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442456487     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2004.19.1.53     Document Type: Article

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