Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: Treatment With Amphotericin B

Article1 September 1960PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS: TREATMENT WITH AMPHOTERICIN BJOHN R. DURANT, LEONARD D. EPIFANO, SIMON W. EYERJOHN R. DURANTSearch for more papers by this author, LEONARD D. EPIFANOSearch for more papers by this author, SIMON W. EYERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-3-534 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMost physicians and medical students tend to think of clinical infection with Cryptococcus neoformans as a rare form of meningitis which serves as the coup de grâce for a few patients suffering from malignant lymphomas. A few brief paragraphs are devoted to it in most standard bacteriologic and medical textbooks. Lecturers generally mention the subject only in passing. 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