Aspergillus meningitis in Sri Lanka - A post-tsunami effect? [22]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 754-756

  Gunaratne, Padma S ^a   Wijeyaratne, Chandrika N ^b   Seneviratne, Harshalal R ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA; TSUNAMI; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEAKNESS;

EID: 33846966306     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc062547     Document Type: Letter

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