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CASE REPORT

A Rare Case of Biliary Cryptococcosis Clinical Pharmacist Participation in Treatment and Pharmaceutical Care and Literature Review

Bao Sun1 Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Unversity, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7189-7957
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Yingshuang Tang2 Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Unversity, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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Dan Chen3 Department of pharmacy, 404 Hospital of Mianyang, Mianyang, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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Yanning Bai4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Yan’ an University Affiliated Hospital, Yan’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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Yuanyuan Zhang5 Department of Pharmacy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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Suning Chen2 Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Unversity, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China
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Yi Qiao2 Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Unversity, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jingwen Wang2 Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical Unversity, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3450-9046
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Pages 799-807 | Received 13 Dec 2022, Accepted 26 Jan 2023, Published online: 09 Feb 2023

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