Role of microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of patients with suspected infections of CNS

Iranian Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bava, Amadeo Javier ^a   Solari, Rubén ^a   Isla, Guillermina ^b   Borgeat, María Eugenia Bosco ^b   Troncoso, Alcides ^c  

^a HOSPITAL F J MUÑIZ   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE RATE; VIRUS LOAD; YEAST;

EID: 77953475328     PISSN: 17355109     EISSN: 20081081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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