Spontaneous cryptococcal peritonitis in patients with liver cirrhosis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-171

  Park, Wan Beom ^a   Choe, Young Ju ^a,b   Lee, Ki Deok ^a   Lee, Chang Seop ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a   Oh, Myoung Don ^a   Choe, Kang Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; FLUCYTOSINE; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS;

EID: 31444431511     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.070     Document Type: Article

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