Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii and var. neoformans in Papua New Guinea

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-60

  Laurenson, I F ^a,c   Trevett, A J ^a,b   Lalloo, D G ^a,b   Nwokolo, N ^a   Naraqi, S ^a   Black, J ^a   Tefurani, N ^a   Saweri, A ^a   Mavo, B ^a   Igo, J ^a   Warrell, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV 1; Meningitis; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALE; MENINGISM; MORTALITY; PAPILLEDEMA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPICS; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING;

CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. NEOFORMANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 13344285341     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90479-4     Document Type: Article

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