Case report. Recurrence of increased intracranial pressure with antiretroviral therapy in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 497-501

  Cinti, S K ^a   Armstrong, Wendy S ^a   Kauffman, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptococcosis; HAART; Intracranial pressure; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGITIS; RECURRENCE;

FUNGI;

EID: 0035706968     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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