Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia.

Clin Adv Hematol Oncol

Section of Internal Medicine, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, OH 44111, USA.

Published: June 2008

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