HIV-Negative Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis Results in a Persistent Frontal-Subcortical Syndrome
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-54876-7
Abstract: Twenty-seven previously healthy (of 36 consecutive eligible patients), HIV-negative cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) patients underwent comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation during the late post-treatment period (1.3–4 years post diagnosis), assessing attention, language, learning, memory, visuospatial, executive function, information… read more here.
Keywords: subcortical syndrome; negative cryptococcal; cryptococcal meningoencephalitis; frontal subcortical ... See more keywords
Fatal Cryptococcus gattii meningitis with negative cryptococcal antigen test in a HIV-non-infected patient
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.ijmm_18_164
Abstract: Cryptococcus gattii predominantly causes central nervous system and pulmonary infection in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with substantial morbidity. We report a case of rapidly fatal meningitis by C. gattii in an HIV–non-infected man with… read more here.
Keywords: negative cryptococcal; cryptococcal antigen; gattii; cryptococcus gattii ... See more keywords