Pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-AIDS patients

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Benquan ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Huang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Wenxian ^a   Zhang, Tiantuo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59649088324     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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