Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in Late Pregnancy and Review of Published Literature

Mycopathologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Nakamura, Shigeki ^a   Izumikawa, Koichi ^a   Seki, Masafumi ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Yanagihara, Katsunori ^a   Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Fluconazole; Immunosuppression; Pregnancy; Pulmonary cryptococcosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG MYCOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAY FILM;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 60549117952     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9162-8     Document Type: Article

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