Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia [8]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-

  Dinçol, Günçaǧ ^a   Kahraman, Resul ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CEFEPIME; CLADRIBINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PURPURA; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLADRIBINE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646475754     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20618     Document Type: Letter

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