title: Editorial commentary: An expanded role for therapeutic lumbar punctures in newly diagnosed AIDS-associated cryptococcal meningitis?
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pappas
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D013129:Spinal Puncture
keywords: cryptococcosis; intracranial pressure; lumbar puncture