Pulmonary Cryptococcosis
Authors: VERNON N. HOUK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 October 1965Pulmonary CryptococcosisMust All Receive Amphotericin B?VERNON N. HOUK, KENNETH M. MOSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.VERNON N. HOUKSearch for more papers by this author, KENNETH M. MOSER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-4-583 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the past cryptococcosis has been considered a rare disease usually terminating in highly fatal meningitis. Prior to 1955 about 300 cases had been reported (1). In recent years, localized pulmonary lesions attributable toCryptococcus neoformansoccurring in the absence of extrapulmonary infection have been diagnosed by microscopic and cultural examination of resected tissue obtained at the time of diagnostic thoractomy and have seldom been diagnosed clinically (2). 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