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19359114

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Neuromeningeal cryptococcosis is a serious infection witch occurs essentially in immunodepressed patients and especially AIDS patients. We report 22 cases of cryptococcosis meningitis confirmed by the parasitology laboratory, in the Tunis Rabta hospital, over a 16-year period. Sixteen patients were HIV infected and six were not HIV infected. The clinical examination documented fever and headache as well as focal neurological signs especially in HIV infected patients. The mycological examination of CSF proved the diagnosis of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis in all cases. The first line treatment was Amphotericin B in 13 cases, Amphotericin B and 5Fluorocytosine in three cases, and fluconazole in six cases. 14 patients died, seven recovered, and one was lost to follow-up.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1769-6690
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
914-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
[Twenty-two cases of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis in Tunisia].
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de parasitologie-mycologie, hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract