Pulmonary cryptococcosis: Clinical, radiographical and serological markers of dissemination

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Hung, Ming Szu ^a   Tsai, Ying Huang ^a,b   Lee, Cheng Hui ^a   Yang, Cheng Ta ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Disseminated disease; Localized disease; Pulmonary; Serum cryptococcal antigen

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40749083959     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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