Cryptococcemia resulting in an incomplete abortion in an HIV-positive patient

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Rahimi, Kurosh ^a   Chetty, Runjan ^a   Clarke, Blaise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; HIV; Incomplete abortion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 70350168334     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/835203     Document Type: Article

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