Do normal C-reactive protein levels exclude the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis?

PF Levay, H Gryffenberg

Abstract


South Africa is presently experiencing an epidemic of HIV-associated diseases, including cryptococcal meningitis. Cryptococcus is a fungal-type organism, and disseminated or cryptococcal meningitis is an AIDS-defining disease, occurring
in up to 10% of patients with AIDS.

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SA Fam Pract | ISSN: 1726-426X

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