Sarcoidosis as risk factor for cryptococcal meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-35

  Cancelli, Iacopo ^a   Merlino, Giovanni ^a,b   Serafini, Anna ^a,b   Valente, Mariarosaria ^a,b   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Cryptoccus neoformans meningitis; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUCYTOSINE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NAUSEA; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 44449150706     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0856-y     Document Type: Article

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