Practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease. Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 20, 2000

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M S Saag1, R J Graybill, R A Larsen, P G Pappas, J R Perfect, W G Powderly, J D Sobel, W E Dismukes

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1: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-2050, USA. msaag@uab.edu For the Mycoses Study Group Cryptococcal Subproject.

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