Cryptococcal pneumonia in African miners at autopsy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 528-533

  Wong, M L ^a   Back, P ^b   Candy, G ^c   Nelson, G ^d   Murray, Jill ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Autopsy; Cryptococcal pneumonia; HIV; Miners

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MINER; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34248345923     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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