Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis at 2 hospitals in Washington, D.C.: Adherence of health care providers to published practice guidelines for the management of cryptococcal disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 477-479

  Shoham, Shmuel ^b   Cover, Cameron ^a   Donegan, Nancy ^b   Fulnecky, Eric ^b   Kumar, Princy ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 13444257354     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427213     Document Type: Article

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