Profile of central nervous system disease in HIV/AIDS patients with special reference to Cryptococcal infections

Neurologist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Wadhwa, Anupriya ^a,b   Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Bhalla, Preena ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MIG Flats   (India)

Author keywords

CD 4 count; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcosis; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; INDIAN INK;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULAR MENINGITIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; IMMUNOLOGY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 51649098157     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181678a7a     Document Type: Article

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