Cryptococcus gattii fungemia: Report of a case with lung and brain lesions mimicking radiological features of malignancy

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Oliveira, Flávio De Mattos ^a,b   Severo, Cecília Bittencourt ^a,b   Guazzelli, Luciana Silva ^a,b   Severo, Luiz Carlos ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SANTA RITA   (Brazil)

^c CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Fungemia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548622130     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000400014     Document Type: Article

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