Significados de cryptococcal meningitis en inglés

Patients with cryptococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa frequently relapse following treatment.

Latin America is the region with the third most AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis infections globally.

She was living with HIV with tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis.

Oral candidiasis coexisted with cryptococcal meningitis in 7 patients.

Nine of 11 patients had culture-proved cryptococcal meningitis.

Headache was the primary symptom in cryptococcal meningitis, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, and superior sagittal sinus thrombosis.

We discuss the clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and therapy of seven cases of cryptococcal meningitis detected in our hospital.

These data suggest significant intrathecal HIV-1 replication in patients with lymphocytic meningeal infections such as tuberculous and cryptococcal meningitis.

Some patients develop cryptococcal meningitis.

We conclude that demographic factors did not affect the risk of cryptococcal meningitis in an inner city United States population.

These in vitro tests must be further evaluated in prospective studies to confirm their potential usefulness for guiding cryptococcal meningitis therapy.

While fluconazole use has a protective effect, steroid use was not associated with an increased risk of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-infected patients.

Stereotactic biopsy and extensive micro- and macrobiological investigations revealed a cryptococcoma which had emerged from cryptococcal meningitis despite 3 months of treatment.

This case describes an uncommon presentation of cryptococcal meningitis in a non-immunosuppressed patient, presenting with altered sensorium and derangements in cardiac profile.

In order to help develop global strategies and priorities for prevention and treatment, it is important to estimate the burden of cryptococcal meningitis.

Methods: A prospective descriptive study of HIV negative patients with cryptococcal meningitis based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City.