Covert cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematous

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sivalingam, Senthil K ^a   Saligram, Pragathi ^a   Natanasabapathy, Sivakumar ^a   Paez, Armando S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid; cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcus neoformans; CSF; immunocompromised; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUCYTOSINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; MEPREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861094197     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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