Cryptococcal meningitis as a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus treated with systemic corticosteroids
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Cryptococcal meningitis as a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus treated with systemic corticosteroids.
Cryptococcosis, a disease of world-wide distribution, is uncommon in the British Isles where it usually presents as meningitis affecting patients with malignant disease of the reticulo-endothelial system, diabetes mellitus or those receiving systemic treatment with corticosteroids. The clinical features and physical signs of the disease are often non-specific and resemble those of tuberculous m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.48.555.52