Epidemiological profile of cryptococcal meningitis patients in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Mycopathologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-75

  Leal, Ana Lusia ^a   Faganello, Josiane ^a   Fuentefria, Alexandre Meneghello ^a   Boldo, Juliano Tomazzoni ^a   Bassanesi, Maria Cristina ^b   Vainstein, Marilene H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcosis; Epidemiological profile; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 46949110761     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-008-9123-2     Document Type: Article

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