Triple therapy combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunts can improve neurological function and shorten hospitalization time in non-HIV cryptococcal meningitis patients with increased intracranial pressure.
Background: Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and insufficient antifungal regimens are the two main factors result to unsatisfactory outcomes in non-HIV cryptococcal meningitis (CM) patients. In this study, we try to discuss that whether triple therapy of amphotericin B (AmB), fluconazole, 5-flucyt...
| Published in: | BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 20; no. 1 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | research Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
11/16/2020
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |