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Cryptococcosis in Atlántico, Colombia: an approximation of the prevalence of this mycosis and the distribution of the etiological agent in the environment.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Noguera María Clara, Escandón Patricia, Castañeda Elizabeth
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INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcosis is an invasive disease acquired by inhalation of infectious propagules from the environment. Currently, compulsory notification of the spread of this disease is not required in Colombia. However, reporting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome cases to the National Surveillance System has suggested that there is a growing population at risk of...
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