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Tackling cryptococcal meningitis in Nigeria, one-step at a time; the impact of training
BACKGROUND: Nigeria is estimated to have 25,000 cases of cryptococcal antigenemia (CrAg) annually. CrAg screening with pre-emptive fluconazole treatment is recommended but not yet implemented in Nigeria. Trainings were conducted to improve health-care provider (HCP) awareness and clinical skills in...
Autores principales: | Oladele, Rita O., Jordan, Alexander, Akande, Patrick, Akanmu, Sulaimon A., Akase, Iorhen E., Aliyu, Sani, Denning, David W., Chiller, Tom |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7337344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32628714 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235577 |
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