A flow chart proposed for early diagnosis of cryptococcal infection as a cause of stroke

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Kao, Chuen Der ^a,b,c   Liao, Kwong Kum ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Afebrile; Cryptococcus; Hydrocephalus; Hyponatremia; Immunosuppressed; Stroke; Stroke in evolution

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INSULIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDEMIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63249109080     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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