Bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Portelinha, Joana ^a   Passarinho, Maria Picoto ^a   Almeida, Ana Catarina ^a   Costa, João Marques ^a  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANALGESIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG GRANULOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PERIMETRY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 84902590809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203451     Document Type: Article

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