Cryptococcus neoformans can be misidentified as a microsporidian: studies of lung lesions in leprosy patients.
Pulmonary lesions seen in autopsies of leprosy patients were initially thought to involve microsporidial infection. After immunohistochemical studies, it was concluded that the infectious microorganism was Cryptococcus neoformans.
Furuta
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M
Department of Pathology, Takeda General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Obara
A
A
Harada
N
N
Sokai
K
K
Hiroshi
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I
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis*