Candidal meningitis in HIV-infected patients: Analysis of 14 cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 673-676

  Casado, Jose L ^a   Quereda, Carmen ^a   Oliva, Jesús ^a   Navas, Enrique ^a   Moreno, Ana ^a   Pintado, Vicente ^a   Cobo, Javier ^a   Corral, Iñigo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030823795     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513746     Document Type: Article

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