Two cases of cryptococcosis
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Two cases of cryptococcosis.
Two cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection are described, both complicating chronic renal failure. In one case the use of prednisone and immunosuppressive drugs may have predisposed to infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1966
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.19.5.424