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Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a diabetic patient - the perils of an overzealous immune response: a case report

Uncontrolled diabetics are prone to infections due to numerous factors as the glucose-rich blood serves as an excellent media for growth. Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungus that is an important cause of CNS infections among immunocompromised patients, but it has only sporadically bee...

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Autores principales: Kushawaha, Anurag, Mobarakai, Neville, Parikh, Nirupama, Beylinson, Alex
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-209