Microbiological, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with cryptococcosis in Taiwan, 1997-2010.

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Published in PLoS One on April 17, 2013

Authors

Hsiang-Kuang Tseng1, Chang-Pan Liu, Mao-Wang Ho, Po-Liang Lu, Hsiu-Jung Lo, Yu-Hui Lin, Wen-Long Cho, Yee-Chun Chen, Taiwan Infectious Diseases Study Network for Cryptococcosis

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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