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Cryptococcus neoformans can be misidentified as a microsporidian: studies of lung lesions in leprosy patients |
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| Authors: | M Furuta A Obara N Harada K Sokai I Hiroshi |
| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Takeda General Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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