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The performance of serum cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide antigen test, histopathology and culture of the lung tissue for diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients without HIV infection

BACKGROUND: Clinicians may fail to make an early diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) without HIV infection. Serum cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide antigen (CrAg) test, histopathology and culture of lung tissue play different roles in diagnosis of PC. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the performa...

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Autores principales: Zhou, Ying, Lin, Peng-Cheng, Ye, Jun-Ru, Su, Shan-Shan, Dong, Li, Wu, Qing, Xu, Han-Yan, Xie, Yu-Peng, Li, Yu-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6278883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30555247
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S178391