Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis

• Katia Cristina Dantas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kadantas@usp.br

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-9003

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• Roseli Santos de Freitas—Xavier,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medical Mycology Laboratory-LIM 53/HCFMUSP and Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Suzete Cleusa Ferreira Spina Lombardi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Research & Transfusion Medicine, Pro-Blood Foundation/Blood Center of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Alfredo Mendroni Júnior,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Investigation in Pathogenesis and Targeted Therapy in OncoImmuno-Hematology (LIM-31), Department of Hematology, Hospital das Clínicas -HCFMUSP, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Marcos Vinicius da Silva,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Diseases, Consultant, Ministry of Health, Department of Medicine, Catholic University of Sao Paulo, and Professor, Program in Postgraduate Sciences and Coordination of Disease Control, Department of State Health, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Paulo Ricardo Criado,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Full Researcher at ABC Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Investigation in Imunology (LIM-48), Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Terezinha Morato Bastos de Almeida

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oncology, Radiology and Oncology, São Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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