%0 Journal Article
%T Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV infected patients
%A Manoharan G
%A Padmavathy B
%A Vasanthi S
%A Gopalte R
%J Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
%D 2001
%I Medknow Publications
%X Cryptococcal meningitis is an emerging opportunistic infection among HIV infected patients and an important cause of mortality among these patients. The incidence of cryptococcal meningitis varies from place to place. A total of 31 specimens of CSF out of 89 samples processed from known HIV positive cases yielded Cryptococcus neoformans during the period of 3 years. C.neoformans was the most common opportunistic pathogen isolated from CSF samples of these patients with an incidence of 34.8%
%K Cryptococcus
%K HIV
%U http://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2001;volume=19;issue=3;spage=157;epage=158;aulast=Manoharan