A case of AIDS associated cryptococcal meningitis with multiple cranial nerve neuropathies

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 610-613

  Mohan, Sumit ^a   Ahmed, Saud I ^a   Alao, Oladipo A ^a   Schliep, Tjark C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Amphotericin B; Crypotococcal meningitis; Neuropathies; Ommaya reservoir

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL;

EID: 33746913173     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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