Literature DB >> 11860015

Cryptococcal meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C, in AIDS patients in Soweto, South Africa.

A S Karstaedt1, H H Crewe-Brown, F Dromer.   

Abstract

We present four patients from South Africa with meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii, serotype C. These are the first patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection to be reported with serotype C meningitis.

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Year:  2002        PMID： 11860015     DOI： 10.1080/mmy.40.1.7.11

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Mycol        ISSN： 1369-3786            Impact factor:   4.076


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9.  Large-scale evaluation of the immuno-mycologics lateral flow and enzyme-linked immunoassays for detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum and cerebrospinal fluid.

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Review 10.  Fungal diagnostics.

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