Rarity revisited: Cryptococcal peritonitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  El Kersh, Karim ^a   Faraz Rawasia, Wasiq ^a   Chaddha, Udit ^a   Guardiola, Juan ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; LACTULOSE; RIFAXIMIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL PERITONITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATIGUE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84880866138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009099     Document Type: Article

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