The treatment of systemic cryptococcosis with 5-fluorocytosine
Stanton, K.G.; Sanderson, C.R.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 4(3): 262-266
1974
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-8291 PMID: 4531901 Document Number: 71732
Two cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection of the lungs treated with amphotericin B followed by 5-fluorocytosine are reported.
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