title: Cryptococcus neoformans can be misidentified as a microsporidian: studies of lung lesions in leprosy patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Takeda General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sokai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hiroshi
mesh_terms: 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*