| Literature DB >> 157594 |
S A Harding, W M Scheld, P S Feldman, M A Sande.
Abstract
A case of bilateral lobar pneumonia due to Crytococcus neoformans is presented. The capsule-deficient fungal organisms within tissue were suggestive of Histoplasma capsulatum. Cultures grew Cryptococcus neoformans and there was cryptococcal antigen in the serum. Pulmonary cryptococcosis and the occurrence of unencapsulated cryptococci are reviewed. The important role both culture and the latex agglutination test for cryptococcal antigen play in the differential diagnosis of systemic fungal infections with over-lapping histopathology are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 157594 DOI： 10.1007/bf01102745
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol ISSN： 0340-1227