Cryptococcal meningitis: clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic overviews.

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Published in Neurol India on October 08, 2007

Authors

P Satishchandra1, T Mathew, G Gadre, S Nagarathna, A Chandramukhi, A Mahadevan, S K Shankar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) and St. Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India. psatish@nimhans.kar.nic.in

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