Neurological, visual, and MRI brain scan findings in 87 South African patients with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 668-675

  Loyse, A ^a,b   Moodley, A ^c   Rich, P ^d   Molloy, S F ^b   Bicanic, T ^b   Bishop, L ^a   Rae, W I D ^e   Bhigjee, A I ^f   Loubser, N D ^c   Michowicz, A J ^a   Wilson, D ^a   Harrison, T S ^b  

^a EDENDALE HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREY'S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcomas; Dilated Virchow Robin spaces; HIV; MRI; Radiology; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CUTANEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIV ASSOCIATED CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PAPILLEDEMA; PSEUDOCYST; PUPIL DISEASE; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICAN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VOMITING; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FILOBASIDIELLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929130356     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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