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Meningitis due toCryptococcus neoformans biovargattii in a zairean AIDS patient

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  1. Sendwe General Hospital, Lubumbashi, Zaire

    K. Kapend'a & K. Komichelo

  2. Department of Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    D. Swinne

  3. Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Raphael University Hospital, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Vandepitte

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Kapend'a, K., Komichelo, K., Swinne, D. et al. Meningitis due toCryptococcus neoformans biovargattii in a zairean AIDS patient. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. 6, 320–321 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017627

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