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Cryptococcal Meningitis and Tuberculous Meningitis Co-infection in HIV-Infected Ugandan Adults [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018
We report 5 HIV-infected Ugandan adults with cryptococcal and tuberculous (TB) meningitis co-infection. All unmasked meningitis occurred within 5 weeks of starting HIV therapy.
Jayne Ellis   +2 more
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Fluconazole for Cryptococcal Meningitis

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1989
Excerpt The therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is still unsatisfactory.
Esposito R   +2 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in Pregnancy

American Journal of Perinatology, 1996
The case of an 18-year-old pregnant woman with cryptococcal meningitis treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine since the third trimester of pregnancy is reported. She delivered a normal baby. The maternal outcome was favorable. There is no evidence of congenital infection in the newborn.
C P, Chen, K G, Wang
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The Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1960
Cryptococcus neoformans is the most frequent cause of mycotic meningitis in man. This ubiquitous fungus parasitizes domesticated and wild animals extensively. Human infection with cryptococci has been reported from practically all parts of the world.
M J, FITZPATRICK, C M, POSER
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Neonate

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
A case of cryptococcal meningitis in a neonate born to an HIV-negative women is described. The cryptococcal infection was proved using standard microbiological and antigen detection techniques. Although cryptococcal meningitis has previously been described in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent children, the present case represents youngest case
Ravinder, Kaur   +3 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2001
Cryptococcal meningitis, often seen in immunocompromised hosts, is also a disease of the immune-competent individual. The diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis requires a lumbar puncture with measurement of the opening pressure, standard laboratory assessment including cell count, protein and glucose, fungal culture, and cryptococcal polysaccharide ...
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Cryptococcal Meningitis and Sarcoidosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
This report describes a patient with cryptococcal meningitis and newly diagnosed sarcoidosis not taking corticosteroids. Sarcoidosis is an independent risk factor for cryptococcal infection; most patients with sarcoidosis who develop cryptococcal infection are not on immunosuppressive drugs.
John J, Ross, Joshua D, Katz
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Cryptococcal Meningitis

Archives of Neurology, 1978
Cure of cryptococcal meningitis accompanied by cryptococcemia was achieved with amphotericin B therapy. Cryptococcal meningitis is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, especially when accompanied by evidence of extraneural infection.
N J, Roberts, R G, Douglas
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Pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1982
A pseudooutbreak of cryptococcal meningitis was caused by the use of contaminated albumin solution used in the preparation of Papanicolaou-stained slides of cerebrospinal fluid. Organisms were seen in cytocentrifuge preparations, but not in India ink preparations of cerebrospinal fluid specimens.
R L, Hopfer, R L, Katz, V, Fainstein
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Cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS

2018
Cryptococcal meningitis remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality amongst patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The prevalence in the developed world has decreased as HIV is being diagnosed earlier, but is still significant, and the prevalence in resource-limited settings is exceedingly high.
Andrej, Spec, William G, Powderly
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