TY - JOUR KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Animals KW - Cryptococcosis KW - Diagnosis, Differential KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Lung Diseases, Fungal KW - Lung Diseases, Parasitic KW - Male KW - Microsporidiosis AU - Furuta M AU - Obara A AU - HARADA N AU - Sokai K AU - Hiroshi I AB -

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.

BT - The Journal of protozoology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1818223?dopt=Abstract DA - 1991 Nov-Dec IS - 6 J2 - J. Protozool. LA - eng N2 -

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.

PY - 1991 SP - 95S EP - 96S T2 - The Journal of protozoology TI - Cryptococcus neoformans can be misidentified as a microsporidian: studies of lung lesions in leprosy patients. VL - 38 SN - 0022-3921 ER -