Aids-related Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis : A report of five cases at Bobo-Dioulasso Hospital Burkina Faso;La Cryptococcose neuro-meningee au cours du sida au Centre Hospitalier de Bobo- Dioulasso : A propos de cinq cas

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-65

  Ki Zerbo, G A ^a,b   Sawadogo, A ^a   Millogo, A ^a   Andonaba, J B ^a   Yameogo, A ^a   Ouedraogo, I ^a   Tamini, M ^a   Konate, B ^a   Durand, G ^a  

^a Hôpital National Sanou Souro   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

AIDS; Black Africa; Cryptococcus neoformans; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; KETOCONAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; PHENOBARBITAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; FATALITY; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BURKINA FASO; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029975398     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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