Invasive Cryptococcus laurentii disease in a nine-year-old boy with X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 935-937

  Simon, Gábor ^a   Simon, Gyula ^b   Erdoos, Melinda ^c   Maródi, László ^c  

^a St George's Hospital   (Hungary)

^b Natl Inst Dermatol and Venerology   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus laurentii; X linked hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA M; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 26944433748     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180979.47410.45     Document Type: Article

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