Cryptococcal liver abscess: A case report of successful treatment with amphotericin-B and literature review

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-60

  Liu, Po Yu ^a,b   Yang, Youngsen ^a   Shi, Zhi Yuan ^a,c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMOID REACTION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER INJURY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63149153443     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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