Cavitary pneumonia in an AIDS patient with cryptococcosis;Neumonía cavitada por Cryptococcus neoformans en un paciente con sida

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Corti, Marcelo ^a   Trione, Norberto ^a   Semorile, Karin ^a   Palmieri, Omar ^a   Negroni, Ricardo ^a   Arechavala, Alicia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aids; Cavitated pneumonia; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG HILUS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 42049093775     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(08)70010-x     Document Type: Article

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