Cryptococcus peritonitis a rare manifestation in HIV positive host: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 365-367

  Singh, Puja ^a   Joshi, Deepti ^a   Gangane, Nitin ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV positive; peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS PERITONITIS; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; VOMITING;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ASCITIC FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 79954482932     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21445     Document Type: Article

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