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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2001 Dec; 32(4): 776-8
Article
Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-35111
Résumé
The result of initial treatment with amphotericin B (0.7 mg/kg/day) plus rifampin (600 mg/day) for 2 weeks, followed by fluconazole (400 mg/day) for 8 weeks in the acute treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS is reported. There were 10 patients in the study: at 2 weeks, all had made a clinical response and cerebrospinal fluid was sterile in 4 patients; at 10 weeks, all had negative cerebrospinal fluid cultures. Serious side effects were not detected.