Acute respiratory failure associated with cryptococcal pneumonia and disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-42

  Lee, Kyoung Hwan ^a   Chang, U Im ^a   Kim, Hyung Wook ^a   Kim, Guilsun ^a   Kim, Sung Kyoung ^a   Yoo, Jinyoung ^a   Wie, Seong Heon ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEXICO; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33646702134     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2006.21.1.39     Document Type: Article

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