Idiopathic Cd4+T-lymphocytopenia - Two unusual patients with cryptococcal meningitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Lepur, Dragan ^a   Vranjican, Zoran ^a   Baršić, Bruno ^a   Himbele, Josip ^a   Klinar, Igor ^a  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

CD4+T lymphocytopenia; Cryptococcal; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; INDIAN INK;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEART ARREST; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MENINGISM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144488439     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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