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“False negative” CSF cryptococcal antigen with clinical meningitis: Case reports and review of literature
There is an increasing recognition of patients presenting with cryptococcal meningitis despite having a negative CSF cryptococcal antigen (CrAg). In this report, we describe three cases of patients with advanced immunosuppression who presented to hospital with “false negative” CSF cryptococcal antig...
Autores principales: | Rutakingirwa, Morris K., Kiiza, Tadeo K., Rhein, Joshua |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7296183/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.06.003 |
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