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Clinical Immunophenotype at Disease Onset in Previously Healthy Patients With Cryptococcal Meningitis.
Medicine - 1 Feb 2016
Xu Lie, Huang Qin, Lin Jin-Ran, Zhu Cui-Yun, Li Xin-Hua, Ye Shan-Ke, Zhu Ai-Hong, Chen Dai-Hong, Zhang Cheng-Feng, Chen Liang, Ling Yun
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Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a global disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Although low peripheral blood cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell counts are found to be related to a high burden of cryptococcus in HIV-infected patients, little is known about possible immune defects in previously healthy patients (PHPs). We performed a retrospective study of 41 CM patients treated from January 2005...
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