The spectrum of meningitis in a population with high prevalence of HIV disease

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 499-504

  Bergemann, A ^a   Karstaedt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0030056607     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.7.499     Document Type: Article

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