The Effect of Therapeutic Lumbar Punctures on Acute Mortality From Cryptococcal Meningitis

Introduction. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is common in cryptococcosis. Prior studies suggest elevated ICP is associated with mortality, and guidelines recommend frequent lumbar punctures (LPs) to contr...

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Vydáno v:Clin Infect Dis
Hlavní autoři: Rolfes, Melissa A., Hullsiek, Kathy Huppler, Rhein, Joshua, Nabeta, Henry W., Taseera, Kabanda, Schutz, Charlotte, Musubire, Abdu, Rajasingham, Radha, Williams, Darlisha A., Thienemann, Friedrich, Muzoora, Conrad, Meintjes, Graeme, Meya, David B., Boulware, David R.
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Oxford University Press 2014
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HIV/AIDS
On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441057/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057102
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu596
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