Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in resource limited settings
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Responding to the evidence for improved treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in resource-limited settings.
Table. Registration status, availability and price of flucytosine and amphotericin B in 9 African countries.
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1HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 2Vaccine and Infectious Disease & Public Health Science Divisions, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 3Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA 4 Infectious Diseases Section, AIDS Program, Yale University School of Medicin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0951-7375
DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e32832fa214