Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection and Crohn's disease in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-63

  Sciaudone, Guido ^a   Pellino, Gianluca ^a   Guadagni, Ilaria ^a   Somma, Anna ^b   D'Armiento, Francesco P ^b   Selvaggi, Francesco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Cryptococcus neoformans; Disseminated cryptococcosis; Inflammatory bowel disease

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCONAZOLE; MESALAZINE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTERITIS; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MELENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 78951481806     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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