Study of the aetiologic agents of meningitis in Kumasi, Ghana, with special reference to Cryptococcus neoformans

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 516-519

  Frimpong, E H ^a   Lartey, R A ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GHANA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032149614     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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