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KMID : 0857020050200010046
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Kosin Medical Journal
2005 Volume.20 No. 1 p.46 ~ p.48
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A Case of cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS parient
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Kim Jong-Han
Choi Young-Sik
Ha Tae-In
Chung Sang-Ryul
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Abstract
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Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common life-threatening fungal infection of central nervous system in patients with AIDS, occurring about 6 to 10 percent of all patients in the United States. Untreated cryptococcal meningitis is uniformly fatal. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS, successfully treated with amphotericin B.
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KEYWORD
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Cryptococcal meningitis, AIDS
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