A retrospective study of contributing factors for prognosis and survival length of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in Southern part of China (1998-2013).

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on February 19, 2015

Authors

Hui Zheng1, Mingyue Li2, Yingting Luo3, Dongmei Wang4, Jialing Yang5, Qiong Chen6, Junying Lao7, Ningfen Chen8, Man Yang9, Qun Wang10

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. gzzhenghui0527@gmail.com.
2: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. mingyuelimy@163.com.
3: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. sunniewind@163.com.
4: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. wangdm03@gmail.com.
5: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. 573451413@qq.com.
6: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. joanabc333@126.com.
7: Medical Records Room, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. loudspeaker28@163.com.
8: Medical Records Room, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. ningfen2008@163.com.
9: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. yangman80@163.com.
10: Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.1838 North Guangzhou Avenue, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, People's republic of China. zhpn1023@sohu.com.

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