Cryptococcus neoformans in the gastric contents of an AIDS patient;Cryptococcus neoformans en el contenido gástrico de un paciente con SIDA

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-208

  Garro, S ^c   Bava, A J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcosis associated with AIDS; Mycological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; INDIAN INK; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGAR MEDIUM; AIDS PATIENT; BLOOD CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; REVIEW; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH SUCTION; YEAST;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BODY FLUIDS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33846807497     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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