Successful Treatment with Triple Therapy of Amphotericin B, Voriconazole and Flucytosine on an AIDS Patients with Severe Cryptococcal Meningitis

A 35-year-old man (body weight = 63 kg) with AIDS complaining fever and headache after having commenced anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for a week was admitted to our hospital. Five lumbar punctures performed during 38 days could not confirm a cryptococcal meningitis (CM) based on staining or culture...

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Main Authors: Hu Zhi-liang, Wei Hong-xia, Yao Wen-hu, Yang Yong-feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2012-06-01
Series:Infection International
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ii.2012.1.issue-2/ii-2017-0017/ii-2017-0017.xml?format=INT