The Effect of Therapeutic Lumbar Punctures on Acute Mortality From Cryptococcal Meningitis
Clinical Infectious Diseases2014Vol. 59(11), pp. 1607–1614
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Melissa A. Rolfes, Kathy Huppler Hullsiek, Joshua Rhein, Henry W. Nabeta, Kabanda Taseera, Charlotte Schutz, Abdu K Musubire, Radha Rajasingham, Darlisha A Williams, Friedrich Thienemann, Conrad Muzoora, Graeme Meintjes, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware
Abstract
Therapeutic LPs were associated with a 69% relative improvement in survival, regardless of initial intracranial pressure. The role of therapeutic LPs should be reevaluated.
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