Uncommon mycosis in a patient with diabetes

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Prasad, Kuruswamy Thurai ^a   Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh ^a   Shivaprakash, M R ^a   Dhooria, Sahajal ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CEFOPERAZONE PLUS SULBACTAM; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG LAVAGE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SPUTUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84960155122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2016-214453     Document Type: Article

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