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Meningitis secondary to Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging pathogen affecting immunocompetent hosts
BACKGROUND: Meningitis continues to be one of the most important infections diagnosed and treated by emergency physicians. Despite the advent of anti-infective therapy, meningitis carries a mortality rate of 20%–40%. In this study, we describe the first reported emergency medicine case of meningitis...
Autores principales: | Cookman, Laura, Hugi, Maria |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25215110 http://dx.doi.org/10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2013.02.012 |
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