Fatal spontaneous cryptococcal peritonitis in a woman with decompensated liver cirrhosis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1087-1089

  Singh, Deepak Kumar ^a   Tyagi, Ila ^a   Saran, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Gondal, Ranjana ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, peritonitis, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEATH; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 78650474073     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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