Pneumonia and pleural effusion due to Cryptococcus laurentii in a clinically proven case of AIDS

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^b   Bella, Devaleenol ^b   Renuka, Srinivasan ^b   Kownhar, Hayath ^a   Suniti, Solomon ^b   Rajan, Ramachandran ^a   Rao, Usha Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcus laurentii; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Non neoformans cryptococcus

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS LAURENTII; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENITAL ULCER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; ODYNOPHAGIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ULCER; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33749322023     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/160451     Document Type: Article

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