Pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients without HIV infection: Factors associated with disseminated disease

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 937-943

  Baddley, J W ^a   Perfect, J R ^b   Oster, R A ^a   Larsen, R A ^c   Pankey, G A ^d   Henderson, H ^e   Haas, D W ^f   Kauffman, C A ^g   Patel, R ^h   Zaas, A K ^b   Pappas, P G ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53549132503     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0529-z     Document Type: Article

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