Pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-AIDS patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 531-539

  Yu, Jin Quan ^a   Tang, Ke Jing ^a   Xu, Bing Ling ^a   Xie, Can Mao ^a   Light, Richard W ^b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Diagnosis; HIV negative; Pulmonary cryptococcosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PYRIMIDINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870420967     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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