Cryptococcus gattii meningoencephalitis in an HIV-negative patient from the Peruvian Andes;Meningoencefalite causada por Cryptococcus gattii em um paciente HIV-negativo procedente dos Andes Peruanos

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-471

  Gutierrez, Ericson L ^a   Valqui, Willi ^a,b   Vilchez, Luis ^b   Evangelista, Lourdes ^a   Crispin, Sarita ^a   Tello, Mercedes ^a   Ñavincopa, Marcos ^a   Béjar, Vilma ^a   Gonzáles, José ^a   Ortega Loayza, Alex G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DOS DE MAYO   (Peru)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gatti; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISORIENTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GAIT DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 77957987338     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822010000400029     Document Type: Article

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