Microbiological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Cryptococcosis in Taiwan, 1997–2010

• Hsiang-Kuang Tseng,

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chang-Pan Liu,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan, Mackay Medicine Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Mao-Wang Ho,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Po-Liang Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Jung Lo,

  Affiliations National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Hui Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Long Cho ,

  * E-mail: yeechunchen@gmail.com (YCC); wenlong@ym.edu.tw (WLC)

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yee-Chun Chen ,

  * E-mail: yeechunchen@gmail.com (YCC); wenlong@ym.edu.tw (WLC)

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• the Taiwan Infectious Diseases Study Network (TIDSnet) for cryptococcosis

  ¶Membership of the Taiwan Infectious Diseases Study Network (TIDSNet) for cryptococcosis is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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