Cryptococcus gattii pneumonia

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1387-1390

  Johannson, Kerri A ^a   Huston, Shaunna M ^a   Mody, Christopher H ^a   Davidson, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG NODULE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; SHORT SURVEY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865835979     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111346     Document Type: Article

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