Pneumococcal meningitis without pleocytosis in a patient infected with HIV-1
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Enteroviral meningitis without pleocytosis in children.
OBJECTIVES This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics of enteroviral meningitis in association with the absence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. DESIGN This was a retrospective analysis of databases of patients diagnosed with enteroviral meningitis by CSF reverse transcription-PCR testing. Presence of CSF non-pleocytosis at each age group was analysed by use of the two ...
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عنوان ژورنال: AIDS
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0269-9370
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002115