Microglial nodule encephalitis: Limited CNS infection despite disseminated systemic cryptococcosis

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-33

  Edelman, M ^a   Birkenhauer, M C ^a   Steinberg, J J ^b   Dickson, D W ^b   Casadevall, A ^a   Lee, S C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV 1; Invasive mycosis; Meningitis; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 0030049858     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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