AIDS-associated penicillium marneffei infection of the central nervous system

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1458-1462

  Le, Thuy ^a,c   Chi, Nguyen Huu ^b   Kim Cuc, Ngo T ^b   Sieu, Tran Phu Manh ^b   Shikuma, Cecilia M ^c   Farrar, Jeremy ^a   Day, Jeremy N ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649896786     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657400     Document Type: Article

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