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KMID : 0363919960140020237
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Journal of the Korean Society for Chemotherapy
1996 Volume.14 No. 2 p.237 ~ p.242
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A Case report of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Presenting as Lobar Pneumonic Pattern
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A 26 year old lady was admitted due to fever and productive coughing of 10 days duration. She had been working at the office treating stuffs of oriental herb medicine without any problem in her health by then. Chest films revealed consolidatie changes involving Lt. lower love and she was given systemic antibacterial antibiotics, but her illness was not improved. On 19th hospital day needle biopsy was performed and cryptococcosis was diagnosed involving both alveoli and intertitium. Antifungal agent, itraconazole, was prescribed for 10 weeks and the lesion was resolved completely without remnant change. We discussed this case with review of literatures.
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