Cryptococcal meningitis and sarcoidosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 937-939

  Ross, John J ^a   Katz, Joshua D ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036995870     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000026969     Document Type: Article

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