Burden of cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-34

  Makombe, Simon D ^a   Nkhata, Amon ^a   Schouten, Erik J ^a,b   Kamoto, Kelita ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b Management Sciences for Health ^*  (Malawi)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; REGISTER;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLUCONAZOLE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; REGISTRIES;

EID: 64549106526     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080011     Document Type: Article

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