How could pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetents be suspected? Report of 6 cases

Respiratory Medicine Extra

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 58-63

  dos Santos, José Wellington Alves ^a   Neves, Kelly Ribeiro ^a   Santos, Fábio Pires ^a   Gazzoni, Marcos Ferreira ^a   Dalcin, Tiago Chagas ^a   Fagundes, Ariovaldo Leal ^a   Filho, Ayrton Schneider ^a   Cibin, Luis Fernando Ximenes ^a   Santos, Rafael Cristiano Geiss ^a   Franciozi, Régis ^a   Mann, Keli Cristina ^a   Simon, Tiago Teixeira ^a   Diniz, Aristeu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunocompetents; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Systemic mycosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745204620     PISSN: 17449049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedx.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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