Predicting fatal fungal infections
Monday, June 15, 2009 - 17:35
in Health & Medicine
June 15, 2009 -- (BRONX, NY) -- In a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified cells in blood that predict which HIV-positive individuals are most likely to develop deadly fungal meningitis, a major cause of HIV-related death.