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CRYPTOCOCCAL meningitis in a HIV negative newly diagnosed diabetic patient: a CASE report

BACKGROUND: This case report emphasizes the need to recognize cryptococcus as a possible cause of meningitis in non-HIV patients in Sub-Saharan Africa and to highlight the possibility of grave outcomes due to the paradoxical immune response in diabetic patients with cryptococcus meningitis. It also...

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Autores principales: Owuor, Odhiambo Henry, Chege, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6318972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30606110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3625-4