Case report
A case of coexistent non-meningitic cryptococcosis and Boeck's sarcoid

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Abstract

A case of coexistent non-meningitic cryptococcosis and Boeck's sarcoid is presented, together with pertinent laboratory tests and experimental therapeutic trials with 2-hydroxystilbamidine, mycostatin and amphotericin B.

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    This article was written by Captain Solomon Heller while on active duty with the Medical Service of the United States Air Force. This case was presented at the Washington Society of Pathologists meeting, April, 1956.

    Present address: Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.

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    From the 1100th U. S. Air Force Hospital, Headquarters Command, Bolling Air Force Base, and the Department of Bacteriology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.

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