Gastric cryptococcal infection as an initial presentation of AIDS: A rare case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-80

  Sundar, Rupashree ^a   Rao, Lakshmi ^a   Vasudevan, Geetha ^a   Gowda, Pruthvi Baise Chandrappa ^a   Radhakrishna, Rau Neeleshwar ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus; Gastrointestinal; Immunocompromised

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; STOMACH BIOPSY; THRUSH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 78651423329     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60039-4     Document Type: Article

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