Functional defect of natural immune system in an apparent immunocompetent patient with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages e5-

  Marroni, Massimo ^a   Pericolini, Eva ^a   Cenci, Elio ^a   Bistoni, Francesco ^a   Vecchiarelli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C. neoformans; Cryptococcosis; Monocytes; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEROLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33845570238     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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