Antiretroviral therapy after cryptococcal meningitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1165-1167

  Drain, Paul K ^a   Moosa, Yunus ^b   Powderly, William G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 84907419977     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1409052     Document Type: Letter

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