Cryptococcal Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Case.
Cryptococcal meningitis usually appears in immunosuppressed patients [organ transplant receivers, in patients with malignancies and in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)]. Cryptococcal meningitis in the immunocompetent hosts has been reported rarely in the literature. This pape...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 1006 - 1011 |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Aug2011
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