Cryptococcus pneumonia presenting in an immunocompetent host with pulmonary asbestosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcal infections pose a diagnostic challenge in an immunocompetent host. Asbestos exposure has been associated with pulmonary aspergillosis. This case highlights an interesting presentation of cryptococcal lung inflammation with underlying asbestosis. CASE PRESENTATION: A 63-yea...

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Autores principales: Guy, Judah P, Raza, Shahzad, Bondi, Elliot, Rosen, Yale, Kim, Dong-Sung, Berger, Barbara J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-170

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