D-mannitol in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with AIDS and cryptococcal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 218-221

  Megson, Garry M ^a,e   Stevens, David A ^c,d   Hamilton, John R ^c   Denning, David W ^a,b  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MANNITOL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029656311     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.218-221.1996     Document Type: Article

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