Fulminant cryptococcal meningitis as presenting feature in a patient with AIDS [1]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 353-354

  Angstwurm, K ^a   Sokolowska Koehler, W ^a   Stadelmann, C ^b   Schielke, E ^c   Weber, J R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Coma; Intracranial hypertension

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APNEA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG ABUSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHITE MATTER; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STAINING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2942729729     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00803.x     Document Type: Letter

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