A prospective descriptive study of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV uninfected patients in Vietnam - high prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans var grubii in the absence of underlying disease

BACKGROUND: Most cases of cryptococcal meningitis occur in patients with HIV infection: the course and outcome of disease in the apparently immunocompetent is much more poorly understood. We describe a cohort of HIV uninfected Vietnamese patients with cryptococcal meningitis in whom underlying disea...

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Autores principales: Chau, Tran TH, Mai, Nguyen H, Phu, Nguyen H, Nghia, Ho D, Chuong, Ly V, Sinh, Dinh X, Duong, Van A, Diep, Pham T, Campbell, James I, Baker, Stephen, Hien, Tran T, Lalloo, David G, Farrar, Jeremy J, Day, Jeremy N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20618932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-199

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