The utility of cerebrospinal fluid white cell count during the prognostic assessment for cryptococcal meningitis patients: a retrospective study

The utility of cerebrospinal fluid white cell count during the prognostic assessment for cryptococcal meningitis patients: a retrospective study

Abstract Background The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis (CM) has gradually increased in recent years. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology and cell count are very important for CM on etiology diagnosis and assessment of disease status and therapeutic response. However, the clinical significance o...

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Main Authors: Junyan Qu, Jingwen Jiang, Xiaoju Lv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Cryptococcal meningitis
Cerebrospinal fluid
White cell count
Clinical outcome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05287-x

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