Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures

Cryptococcal meningitis still remains the most common form of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, due to the burden of HIV/AIDS. Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major complication of cryptococcosis and requires aggressive management with therapeutic lumbar punctures (LPs). In this rep...

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Autores principales: Jjunju, Samuel, Nuwagira, Edwin, Meya, David B., Muzoora, Conrad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10240505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37283716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.04.001
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Nuwagira, Edwin
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description Cryptococcal meningitis still remains the most common form of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, due to the burden of HIV/AIDS. Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major complication of cryptococcosis and requires aggressive management with therapeutic lumbar punctures (LPs). In this report, we describe a patient with persistently elevated ICP who underwent 76 LPs over 46 days with good outcome. While unusual, this highlights the importance of serial therapeutic LPs. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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spelling pubmed-102405052023-06-06 Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures Jjunju, Samuel Nuwagira, Edwin Meya, David B. Muzoora, Conrad Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cryptococcal meningitis still remains the most common form of adult meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa, due to the burden of HIV/AIDS. Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major complication of cryptococcosis and requires aggressive management with therapeutic lumbar punctures (LPs). In this report, we describe a patient with persistently elevated ICP who underwent 76 LPs over 46 days with good outcome. While unusual, this highlights the importance of serial therapeutic LPs. 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Elsevier 2023-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10240505/ /pubmed/37283716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.04.001 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Muzoora, Conrad
Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title_full Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title_fullStr Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title_full_unstemmed Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title_short Persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
title_sort persistently elevated intracranial pressure in cryptococcal meningitis– 76 therapeutic lumbar punctures
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10240505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37283716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.04.001
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