Cryptococcus gattii infection causing fulminant intracranial hypertension

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 528-531

  Bromilow, J ^a,b   Corcoran, T ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain, intracranial pressure; Coma, aetiology; Cryptococcus, physiology; Intracranial hypertension; Meningitis, cryptococcal

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; SODIUM; TROPONIN;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 34548702439     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem208     Document Type: Article

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