Cryptococcus neoformans causing meningitis in AIDS patients

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-539

  Albuquerque Menezes, Everardo ^a,c   Ricarte Monteiro, Maria Neuman ^a   Angelo, Maria Rozelê F ^b   Duarte Santos, Cintia ^a   Furtado Freire, Caio César ^a   Afrânio Cunha, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Estadual da Saude do Ceara   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cryptococcus neoformans; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MYCOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 0036451953     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822002000500021     Document Type: Article

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