Decreasing incidence of cryptococcal meningitis in West Africa in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1039-1041

  Bamba, Sanata ^a,b   Lortholary, Olivier ^c,d,e   Sawadogo, Adrien ^a   Millogo, Athanase ^a   Guiguemdé, Robert T ^a,b   Bretagne, Stéphane ^c,d,f  

^a Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BURKINA FASO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861099560     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328352d1d8     Document Type: Article

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