A case of prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans

Medical Mycology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-141

  Banerjee, U ^a   Gupta, K ^a   Venugopal, P ^b  

^a AIMMS   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

C. neoformans; endocarditis; prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961215478     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681219780001031     Document Type: Article

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