Abstract
Eighteen cases of disease caused by the saprophytic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus bacillisporus are described from the Northern Territory of Australia. The majority of infections were with Cryptococcus bacillisporus and in the rural Aboriginal population, often causing pulmonary mass lesions.
MeSH terms
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Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Australia / epidemiology
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Cryptococcosis / drug therapy
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Cryptococcosis / epidemiology*
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Cryptococcosis / pathology
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Cryptococcus / isolation & purification
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Humans
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Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis
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Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
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Tropical Climate
Substances
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Antifungal Agents
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Amphotericin B