Cryptococcosis in children with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-313

  Abadi, Jacobo ^a,b,c   Nachman, Sharon ^a,b,c   Kressel, Amy B ^a,b,c   Pirofski, Liise Anne ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CD4 ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032973201     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515130     Document Type: Article

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