Cryptococcal peritonitis as the first AIDS-defining illness in Zimbabwe

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-250

  Ferrand, R A ^a   Maunganidze, A J V ^a   Mgodi, N M ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MYCOSIS; PERITONITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PERITONITIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33750060316     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506778604931     Document Type: Article

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