Pleural effusion as the initial clinical presentation in disseminated cryptococcosis and fungaemia: an unusual manifestation and a literature review

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans infection usually presents as chronic meningitis and is increasingly being recognized in immunocompromised patients. Presentation with pleural effusion is rare in cryptococcal disease; in fact, only 4 cases of pleural effusion as the initial clinical presentation...

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Autores principales: Chen, Mayun, Wang, Xiaomi, Yu, Xianjuan, Dai, Caijun, Chen, Dunshun, Yu, Chang, Xu, Xiaomei, Yao, Dan, Yang, Li, Li, Yuping, Wang, Liangxing, Huang, Xiaoying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26395579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1132-4

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