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Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece
We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.
Autores principales: | Andreou, Marina, Cogliati, Massimo, Kolonitsiou, Fevronia, Stroumpos, Charalampos, Stamouli, Vasiliki, Ravazoula, Panagiota, Siagris, Dimitrios, Papadogeorgaki, Helen, Christofidou, Myrto, Lekkou, Alexandra |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906646/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002 |
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