Cryptococcosis - A review of 13 autopsy cases from a 54-year period in a large hospital

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Benesova P ^a   Buchta, V ^b   Cerman, J ^a   Za P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungal diseases; Meningitis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33947194344     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_513.x     Document Type: Article

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