Radiographic manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1674-1679

  Piyavisetpat, Nitra ^a   Chaowanapanja, Pattraporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptococcoma; Endobronchial lesion; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Radiologic findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645223315     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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