A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis caused by capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans in an immunocompetent patient

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 937-941

  Bavishi, Alpeshkumar V ^a   McGarry, Terence M ^a  

^a ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; LEG SWELLING; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; POPLITEAL VEIN; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 77955503078     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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