Epidemiology of cryptococcosis in Malaysia.

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Published in Mycoses on November 01, 2010

Authors

S T Tay1, M Y Rohani, T S Soo Hoo, H Hamimah

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tayst@um.edu.my

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