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Fatal fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly diabetic woman presenting with pleural effusion

This is a fatal case of fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented pleural effusion as the only clinical presentation. Not only infections of the pleura are uncommon presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis, but these infections due to non-...

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Autores principales: Rodríguez-Leguizamón, Giovanni, Coque-Burgos, Eliana, Espitia-Castro, Omar, Firacative, Carolina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266613/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32491141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062034