Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis in inmunocompetent children;Meningoencefalitis por Criptococcus neoformans en escolares inmunocompetentes

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Guevara Campos, José ^a,c   González Guevara, Lucía ^b   Urbáez Cano, José ^a   Fermín, Soledad ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Clínico Científico Esperanza Paraco   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Cryptococcoma; Cryptococcus neoformans; Inmunocompetent; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; PIGEON; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; ANIMAL; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VENEZUELA;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLINDNESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COLUMBIDAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 70349576521     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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