Cryptococcuria as manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis: Staib agar as a selective identification medium

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Severo, C B ^a,b   Pinto, G L F ^a,c   Sotilli, J ^a   Garcia, M R ^a   Gazzoni, A F ^d   Oliveira, F M ^a,b   Severo, L C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL SANTA RITA   (Brazil)

^c Fundação de Amparo À Pesquisa Do Estado Do Rio Grande Do sul FAPERGS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcosis; Staib agar; Urine

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; STAIB AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MUCUS SECRETION; NASAL BIOPSY; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053998454     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2011.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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