A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis caused by capsule-deficient cryptococcus neoformans in an immunocompetent patient

Respir Care. 2010 Jul;55(7):937-41.

Authors

Alpeshkumar V Bavishi¹, Terence M McGarry

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst NY 11373, USA. alpneha@gmail.com

PMID: 20587108

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Cryptococcosis / diagnosis
Cryptococcosis / drug therapy
Cryptococcosis / microbiology*
Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans

Substances

Antifungal Agents