Candidal meningitis in HIV-infected patients: Treatment with fluconazole

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-418

  Rodriguez Arrondo F ^a   Aguirrebengoa, K ^b   De Arce, A ^a   Arrizabalaga, J ^a   Iribarren, J A ^a   Von Wichmann, M A ^a   Goenaga, M A ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL;

EID: 0031736661     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850160747     Document Type: Article

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