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Impact of a Cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis and treatment program at Lira Regional Referral Hospital in rural, Northern Uganda

In rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, infrastructure and resources for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) are often lacking. We introduced a CM diagnosis and treatment program (CM-DTP) at Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) in rural Uganda to determine if implementing high-quality standard...

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Autores principales:	Link, Abigail, Okwir, Mark, Meya, David, Nabongo, Betty, Okello, James, Kasprzyk, Danuta, Bohjanen, Paul R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2022
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878995/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36713975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000254

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