Unusual presentations of nervous system infection by Cryptococcus neoformans

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 638-642

  Eric Searls, D ^a   Sico, Jason J ^b   Bulent Omay, S ^b   Bannykh, Serguei ^c   Kuohung, Victoria ^a   Baehring, Joachim ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; AIDS; CNS lymphoma; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus; EBV; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONUS MEDULLARIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATITIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 67650357515     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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