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Treatment of experimental cryptococcal meningitis with fluconazole: impact of dose and addition of flucytosine on mycologic and pathophysiologic outcome

, 1996
Fluconazole is effective in the therapy of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS. The optimal dosage of fluconazole and the impact of combination with flucytosine are not known.
Kartalija, M, Kaye, K, Täuber, MG, Tureen, JH, Liu, Q, Elliott, BR, Sande, MA   +6 more
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Multiple Cranial Nerve Involvement In Cryptococcal Meningitis

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2000
Cryptococcal meningitis is an uncommon cause of multiple cranial nerve palsies. This case report illustrates one such case of cryptococcal meningitis clinically manifesting with extensive cranial nerve involvement in an HIV seronegative individual ...
Mahadevan A, Kumar A, Santosh V, Satishchandra P, Shankar S.K   +4 more
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Cerebrovascular injury in cryptococcal meningitis

, 2017
Background Cryptococcal meningitis continues to be one of the common causes of chronic central nervous system infection worldwide. Individuals with cryptococcal meningitis can occasionally present with small vessel vasculitis causing infarcts primarily ...
Anu Anna George, Reka Karuppusami, Sunithi Mani, Vanjare Harshad Arvind, Divya Muliyil, Ronald Albert Benton Carey, Cijoy K Kuriakose, Samuel George Hansdak, Ajay Kumar Mishra   +8 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis with negative cryptococcal antigen: Evaluation of a new immunochromatographic detection assay

New Microbes and New Infections, 2015
Detection of cryptococcal antigen in serum or cerebrospinal fluid allows cryptococcal meningitis diagnosis within few hours with >90% sensitivity.
O. Opota, B. Desgraz, A. Kenfak, K. Jaton, M. Cavassini, G. Greub, G. Prod'hom, S. Giulieri   +7 more
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Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis and therapy. [PDF]

, 2017
HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis is by far the most common cause of adult meningitis in many areas of the world that have high HIV seroprevalence.
Síle F. Molloy, Fisher, Matthew C, Molloy, Síle F, Peter R. Williamson, Joseph N. Jarvis, Matthew C. Fisher, Angela Loyse, Panackal, Anil A, Harrison, Thomas S, Anil A. Panackal, Williamson, Peter R, Thomas S. Harrison, Loyse, Angela, Jarvis, Joseph N   +13 more
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A fatal case of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii in an immunocompetent male

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
The incidence of cryptococcal infection is high in developing countries such as India. Cryptococcal meningitis is considered rare in immunocompetent patients and is mainly a disease of immunocompromised patients. Prognosis in immunocompetent patients is
Prashant Gupta, Shruti Malik, Vineeta Khare, Gopa Banerjee, Anurag Mehrotra, Sanjay Mehrotra, Mastan Singh   +6 more
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Cryptococcal Meningitis [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1970
R, McDonald, E N, Greenberg, R, Kramer
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Cryptococcal meningitis: epidemiology and therapeutic options

, 2014
Derek J Sloan, Victoria Parris Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK Abstract: Cryptococcal meningitis causes morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Sloan DJ, Parris V
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Cryptococcal meningitis: Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic overviews

, 2007
Cryptococcal meningitis has emerged as a leading cause of infectious morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. Among the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive subjects, cryptococcal meningitis is the second most common cause of ...
Shankar, S.K., A Chandramukhi, G Gadre, Gadre, G., P Satishchandra, A Mahadevan, Chandramukhi, A., S Nagarathna, Mathew, T., Mahadevan, A., T Mathew, SK Shankar, Satishchandra, P, Nagarathna, S.   +13 more
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Reversible blindness in AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis

, 1998
A 30-year-old AIDS-patient with cryptococcal meningitis developed subacute bilateral visual loss associated with high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure. With immediate CSF drainage the blindness was reversible.
Claus, J. J., Portegies, P., Peter Portegies, Jules J Claus   +3 more
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