Uncommon presentation of intracranial cryptococcal infection mimicking tuberculous infection in two immunocompetent patients

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Patro, S N ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Thomas, B ^a   Kapilamoorthy, T R ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain infections; Central nervous system infection; Cryptococcosis; Fungal infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; SLURRED SPEECH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUCYTOSINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949118277     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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