Dual infective pathology in patients with cryptococcal meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1213-1215

  Silber, Eli ^a,b,e   Sonnenberg, P ^f   Koornhof, H J ^c   Morris, L ^d   Saffer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031685327     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.1213     Document Type: Article

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