Fulminant Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis After Successful Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis
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Romiopoulos, I.; Pana, Z.D.; Pyrpasopoulou, A.; Linardou, I.; Avdelidi, E.; Sidiropoulou, M.; Chatzidrosou, E.; Ioannides, D.; Karagiannis, A.; Roilides, E. Fulminant Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis After Successful Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis. GERMS 2020, 10, 388-391. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1232
Romiopoulos I, Pana ZD, Pyrpasopoulou A, Linardou I, Avdelidi E, Sidiropoulou M, Chatzidrosou E, Ioannides D, Karagiannis A, Roilides E. Fulminant Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis After Successful Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis. GERMS. 2020; 10(4):388-391. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1232
Chicago/Turabian StyleRomiopoulos, Iordanis, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Ioanna Linardou, Eugenia Avdelidi, Maria Sidiropoulou, Eleni Chatzidrosou, Dimitrios Ioannides, Asterios Karagiannis, and Emmanuel Roilides. 2020. "Fulminant Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis After Successful Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis" GERMS 10, no. 4: 388-391. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1232
APA StyleRomiopoulos, I., Pana, Z. D., Pyrpasopoulou, A., Linardou, I., Avdelidi, E., Sidiropoulou, M., Chatzidrosou, E., Ioannides, D., Karagiannis, A., & Roilides, E. (2020). Fulminant Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis After Successful Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis. GERMS, 10(4), 388-391. https://doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1232