| [cryptococcosis caused by cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii. a case associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in kinshasa, zaire]. | since the introduction of aids, the biovar neoformans of cryptococcus neoformans has replaced the biovar gattii as the predominant agent of cryptococcal meningitis in kinshasa and in other tropical areas. that this is not an absolute rule is demonstrated by the present case of a hiv-positive patient, observed at the kinshasa university hospital, with cryptococcal meningitis due to the biovar gattii. only four cases of this association have been published before. the authors conclude that both bi ... | 1992 | 1494313 |
| the value of cryptococcal serum antigen screening among hiv-positive/aids patients in kinshasa, zaire. | cryptococcal meningitis is a frequently observed opportunistic infection in aids patients in zaire and other countries in central africa. the prognosis in those patients is very poor because of the advanced stage of their cryptococcal disease at presentation. to improve the prognosis of cryptococcal meningitis in hiv-infected patients through earlier diagnosis, a routine serum cryptococcal antigen screening was performed on 450 hiv-positive/aids patients seen at the cliniques universitaires de k ... | 1989 | 2496722 |
| isolation of saprophytic cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans in kinshasa, zaïre. | | 1986 | 3521504 |
| [etiological and epidemiologic evaluation of 474 cases of microbial meningitis observed at kinshasa (republic of zaire)]. | | 1973 | 4149611 |