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Cryptococcal antigen testing of lung tissue homogenate improves pulmonary cryptococcosis diagnosis: Two case reports

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) is an opportunistic infectious disease of the respiratory system. Lung tissue biopsies, culture of respiratory samples (e.g., sputum, lung tissue, pleural fluid, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid), and cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) testing are helpful for a def...

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Autores principales: Wang, Wei-Yi, Zheng, Yu-Lu, Jiang, Li-Bin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9100706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35647158
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v10.i12.3893