Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia: Case report and review of the literature

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 469-473

  Burnik, C ^a   Altintas, N D ^a   Ozkaya G ^a   Serter, T ^a   Selcuk Z T ^a   Firat, P ^a   Arikan, S ^a   Cuenca Estrella, M ^b   Topeli, A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Cryptococcus albidus; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; POSACONAZOLE; SEDATIVE AGENT; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; DEATH; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINALYSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 34547604848     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701386015     Document Type: Article

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