T Kurasawa, N Ikeda, A Sato, T Inoue, T Ishida, M Okazaki, K Oida, H Nishiyama, Y Suzuki, R Amitani, F Kuze
During the 7 years from 1990, thirty-two patients (20 in male and 12 in female, mean age; 53 years old) were diagnosed as having pulmonary cryptococcosis. To clarify the essential points for early diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis, we reviewed the clinical records and chest images. Three patients had a past history of pulmonary tuberculosis and eleven patients had underlying disorders such as malignancy, chronic pulmonary diseases and so on, but no HIV infection, which would affect this disease. Eighteen patients did not have any past history nor complications...
April 1998: Kansenshōgaku Zasshi. the Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases