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Cryptococcal Meningitis in an HIV-Negative Puerperal Woman

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2021
Cryptococcal meningitis is a common opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients and other immunocompromised people. Pregnancy, which is a state of relative immunosuppression, can also be a risk factor for the development of cryptococcal meningitis ...
Tomás Robalo Nunes, Helena Pires, Liliana Alves, Ana Guerra, Susana Boavida, Ana Brito, Inês Marques, Nuno Marques   +7 more
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Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis: Diagnostic Challenges and Antifungal Resistance Profile

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract summarizes the laboratory characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis strain CY11558. The isolate shows distinct colony morphology, globular yeast cells with a fibrillar surface network under scanning electron microscopy, and a weakly positive cryptococcal antigen reaction.
Xin Fan, Xinfei Chen, Jin Li, Rongchen Dai, Pengjie Hu, Li Gu, Meng Xiao, Xiaomin Yu   +7 more
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Early Clinical and Subclinical Visual Evoked Potential and Humphrey's Visual Field Defects in Cryptococcal Meningitis.

, 2012
Cryptococcal induced visual loss is a devastating complication in survivors of cryptococcal meningitis (CM). Early detection is paramount in prevention and treatment.
Moodley Anand, Andrew Michowicz, Moodley, A, William Rae, Bhigjee Ahmed, Connolly Cathy, Angela Loyse, Thomas Harrison, Loyse, A, Natasha Devparsad, Rae William, Devparsad Natasha, Anand Moodley, Michowicz, A, Cathy Connolly, Harrison Thomas, Loyse Angela, Connolly, C, Bhigjee, A, Harrison, T, Ahmed Bhigjee, Rae, W, Devparsad, N, Michowicz Andrew   +23 more
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MRI changes in cryptococcal meningoencephalitis exacerbated by antifungal treatment due to post-infectious inflammatory syndrome: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the most common fungal meningitis in adults and causes disabling morbidity and mortality worldwide. The occurrence of postinfectious inflammatory response syndrome during cryptococcal meningitis treatment presents a ...
Kenji Ohira, Yo Kawarada, Ryoko Iwata, Mitsuo Satake   +3 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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A nomogram to predict cryptococcal meningitis in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Heliyon
Background: The most serious manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis is complicated with cryptococcal meningitis, while its clinical manifestations lack specificity with delayed diagnosis and high mortality.
Xiaoli Tan, Min Deng, Zhixian Fang, Qi Yang, Ming Zhang, Jiasheng Wu, Wenyu Chen   +6 more
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Epidemiological characterization and prognostic factors in patients with confirmed cerebral cryptococcosis in central Taiwan

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundCryptococcal meningitis is a deadly fungal infection. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiology of cerebral cryptococcosis and to define its prognostic factors.MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected clinical information from ...
Chang-Hua Chen, Hiu-Ngar Sy, Li-Jhen Lin, Hua-Cheg Yen, Shao-Hung Wang, Wei-Liang Chen, Yu-Min Chen, Yu-Jun Chang   +7 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis Developing in a Patient with Neurosarcoidosis [PDF]

, 2023
Cryptococcal meningitis is a critical disease that occasionally involves immunosuppressed patients. We herein report a 79-year-old Japanese man who received low-dose prednisolone therapy for neurosarcoidosis and panhypopituitarism.
Shinnosuke Fukushima, Hagiya, Hideharu, Fukushima, Shinnosuke, Otsuka, Fumio, Yamamoto, Yukichika, Oguni, Kohei, Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otsuka, Yukichika Yamamoto, Kohei Oguni, Kou Hasegawa, Hasegawa, Kou   +11 more
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Recent advances in managing HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2019
The recent development of highly sensitive and specific point-of-care tests has made it possible to diagnose HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis within minutes.
Timothée Boyer-Chammard, Elvis Temfack, Alexandre Alanio, Joseph N. Jarvis, Thomas S. Harrison, Olivier Lortholary   +5 more
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The Epidemiology of Meningitis among Adults in a South African Province with a High HIV Prevalence, 2009-2012. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
INTRODUCTION:Meningitis is a major cause of mortality in southern Africa. We aimed to describe the aetiologies and frequencies of laboratory-confirmed fungal and bacterial meningitis among adults in a South African province with an 11% HIV prevalence ...
Erika Britz, Olga Perovic, Claire von Mollendorf, Anne von Gottberg, Samantha Iyaloo, Vanessa Quan, Verushka Chetty, Charlotte Sriruttan, Nazir A Ismail, Ananta Nanoo, Alfred Musekiwa, Carl Reddy, Karien Viljoen, Cheryl Cohen, Nelesh P Govender   +14 more
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