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Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis and disseminated cryptococcosis in HIV-infected patients

Kerrigan McCarthy, Graeme Meintjes, Beth Arthington-Skaggs, Tihana Bicanic, Mark Cotton, Tom Chiller, Nelesh Govender, Tom Harrison, Alan Karstaed, Gary Maartens, Ebrahim Varavia, Francois Venter, Hester Vismer
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 8, No 3 | a617 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v8i3.617 | © 2007 Kerrigan McCarthy, Graeme Meintjes, Beth Arthington-Skaggs, Tihana Bicanic, Mark Cotton, Tom Chiller, Nelesh Govender, Tom Harrison, Alan Karstaed, Gary Maartens, Ebrahim Varavia, Francois Venter, Hester Vismer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 April 2007 | Published: 14 May 2007

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Kerrigan McCarthy, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Graeme Meintjes, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Beth Arthington-Skaggs, Centers for Disease Control, United States
Tihana Bicanic, St George’s Hospital Medical School, United Kingdom
Mark Cotton, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Tom Chiller, Centers for Disease Control, South Africa
Nelesh Govender, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa
Tom Harrison, St George’s Hospital Medical School, United Kingdom
Alan Karstaed, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Gary Maartens, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Ebrahim Varavia, Tshepong Hospital, South Africa
Francois Venter, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Hester Vismer, Medical Research Council, South Africa

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