Cryptococcal neuroradiological lesions correlate with severity during cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in HIV-positive patients in the HAART era

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Charlier, Caroline ^a,b   Dromer, Françoise ^a   Lévêque, Christophe ^c   Chartier, Loïc ^d   Cordoliani, Yves Sébastien ^c   Fontanet, Arnaud ^d   Launay, Odile ^e   Lortholary, Olivier ^a,b   Bentata, M ^f   Bouges Michel, C ^f   Camuset, J ^f   Guillevin, L ^f   Jarrousse, B ^f   Robineau, M ^f   Rousset, J J ^f   Bougnoux, M E ^f   Montreal, X ^f   Morelon, S ^f   Rouveix, E ^f   Granier, P ^f   de Montclos, H ^f   Roucoules, J ^f   Loriferne, J F ^f   Otterbein, G ^f   Beytout, J ^f   Boussougant, Y ^f   Dreyfuss, D ^f   Michon, X ^f   Vinceneux, P ^f   Belkacem Belkaki, G ^f   Bretagne, S ^f   Chousterman, M ^f   Grimberg, P ^f   Lascaux, A S ^f   Schaeffer, A ^f   Sobel, A ^f   Gauthier, M ^f   Salmon, O ^f   Gaillard, J L ^f   Perronne, C ^f   Bedos, J P ^f,g   Doll, J ^f   Eloy, O ^f   Ghnassia, J C ^f   Roussin Bretagne, S ^f   Botterel, F ^f   Bouree, P ^f   Delfraissy, J F ^f   Kertaimont, Y ^f   Lozeron, P ^f   Rerat K ^f   Said G ^f   Cricks, X ^f   Berardi, L ^f   Tremolieres F ^f   Fiacre, A ^f   Levy, S ^f   Babinet, P ^f   Fraisse, F ^f   Godineau, N ^f   Hamane, S ^f   Margent, P ^f   Mechali, D ^f   Thuong, M ^f   Bletry, O ^f   Cahen, P ^f   Zucman, D ^f   Vittecocq, D ^f   Dellion, S ^f   Patey, O ^f   Benveniste, O ^g   Bouchard, C ^g   Belaich, S ^g   Carbon, C ^g   Chochillon, C ^g   Coulaud, J P ^g   Descamps, V ^g   Duval, X ^g   Leport, C ^g   Lheriteau, F ^g   Longuet, P ^g   Mouas, H ^g   Vachon, F ^g   Vilde, J L ^g   Yeni, P ^g   Lavarde, V ^h,k   Piketty, C ^h   Christoforov, B ⁱ   Dupouy Camet, J ⁱ   Luton, J P ⁱ   Desplaces, N ^j   Raguin, G ^j   Chevalier, P ^k   Kazatchkine, M ^k   Meyrier, A ^k   Gayraud, M ^l   Pean, Y ^l   Aznar, C ^m   Dupont, B ^m   Poncelet, H ^m   Baril, L ⁿ   Bossi, P ⁿ   Bricaire, F ⁿ   Carriere J ⁿ   Datry, A ⁿ   Herson, S ⁿ   Jouan, M ⁿ   Levy Soussan, M ⁿ   Mouquet, C ⁿ   Orcel, B ⁿ   Thiebaut, M M ⁿ   Frottier, J ^o   Guiard Schmidt, J B ^o   Lebeau, B ^o   Meynard, J L ^o   Meyohas, M C ^o   Poirot, J L ^o   Roux, P ^o   Urban, X ^o   Daniel, F ^p   Gilquin, J ^p   Timsit, J F ^p   Brouet, J C ^q   Decazes, J M ^q   Derouin, F ^q   Eurin, B ^q   Legall, J R ^q   Legendre, C ^q   Neuville, S ^q   Escande, J P ^r   Delzant, G ^s   Kac, G ^s   Trivalle, C ^s   more..

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard ^*

^g BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

ⁱ Hôpital Cochin

^j Hôpital de La Croix Saint Simon

^k HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^l Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

^m Hôpital de l'Institut Pasteur

ⁿ PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^o HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^p Hôpital Saint Joseph

^q SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^r Paris Descartes University   (France)

^s HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUUS ASINUS;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44849095578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001950     Document Type: Article

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