Cryptococcus neoformans causing meningitis in AIDS patients

Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis in AIDS patients. In the São José Hospital, reference center for patients with AIDS in Fortaleza - Ceará State - Brazil, 54 samples of the cerebrospinal fluid were analyzed from January 1st through December 31st 2000. Direct examination with India ink and cu...

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Main Authors: Everardo Albuquerque Menezes, Maria Neuman Ricarte Monteiro, Maria Rozelê F. Angelo, Cintia Duarte Santos, Caio César Furtado Freire, Francisco Afrânio Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822002000500021&tlng=en