Acute bacterial meningitis in HIV patients in Southern Brazil: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 A, 2007, Pages 273-278

  De Almeida, Sérgio M ^a   Savalla, George ^a   Gabardo, Betina Mendez A ^b   Ribeiro, Clea Elisa ^b   Rossoni, Andrea M ^b   Araújo, Josiane M R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Health Department   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bacterial meningitis; Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; HIV; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 34347366336     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000200016     Document Type: Article

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