Pulmonary cryptococcosis misdiagnosed as smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis with fatal consequences

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Jarvis, Joseph N ^a,b,c   Wainwright, Helen ^d   Harrison, Thomas S ^c   Rebe, Kevin ^a,b   Meintjes, Graeme ^a,b  

^a GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcosis; HIV; Pulmonary; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77957342027     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.02.2255     Document Type: Article

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