Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia with cryptococcal meningitis: First case report from Cambodia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-177

  Augusto, Esdras ^a   Raguenaud, Marie Eve ^a   Kim, Chindamony ^a   Mony, Mam ^b   Isaakidis, Petros ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b Donkeo Referral Hospital   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ENALAPRIL; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BODY MASS; CAMBODIA; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIZZINESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE;

EID: 67650413673     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080340     Document Type: Article

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