Disseminated cryptococcosis with meningitis, peritonitis, and cryptococcemia in a HIV-negative patient with cirrhosis: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Yehia, Baligh Ramzi ^a   Eberlein, Michael ^a   Sisson, Stephen D ^a   Hager, David N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ETIRACETAM; FLUCYTOSINE; LACTULOSE; MIDODRINE; OCTREOTIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCEMIA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEVER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEUKEMOID REACTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERITONITIS; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 77953447539     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-170     Document Type: Article

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