Prevalence and clinical presentation of Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV seropositive patients

A total of 573 HIV seropositive and clinically suspected cases of Cryptococcal meningitis were included in the study, from January 2006 to January 2007. CSF samples were processed by negative staining with 10% Nigrosin, cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar, biochemical tests, such as urease te...

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Autores principales: Baradkar, Vasant, Mathur, M., De, A., Kumar, S., Rathi, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938109
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.55474
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description A total of 573 HIV seropositive and clinically suspected cases of Cryptococcal meningitis were included in the study, from January 2006 to January 2007. CSF samples were processed by negative staining with 10% Nigrosin, cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar, biochemical tests, such as urease test and brownish growth in Niger seed agar. The prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis was found to be 2.79%. The most common signs and symptoms were: fever (100%), headache (100%), altered sensorium (100%), and neck stiffness (90%). All the patients responded to intravenous Amphotericin B treatment.
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spelling pubmed-31680342011-09-21 Prevalence and clinical presentation of Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV seropositive patients Baradkar, Vasant Mathur, M. De, A. Kumar, S. Rathi, M. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Original Article A total of 573 HIV seropositive and clinically suspected cases of Cryptococcal meningitis were included in the study, from January 2006 to January 2007. CSF samples were processed by negative staining with 10% Nigrosin, cultured on Sabouraud's dextrose agar, biochemical tests, such as urease test and brownish growth in Niger seed agar. The prevalence of Cryptococcal meningitis was found to be 2.79%. The most common signs and symptoms were: fever (100%), headache (100%), altered sensorium (100%), and neck stiffness (90%). All the patients responded to intravenous Amphotericin B treatment. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3168034/ /pubmed/21938109 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.55474 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Prevalence and clinical presentation of Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV seropositive patients
title_fullStr Prevalence and clinical presentation of Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV seropositive patients
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title_short Prevalence and clinical presentation of Cryptococcal meningitis among HIV seropositive patients
title_sort prevalence and clinical presentation of cryptococcal meningitis among hiv seropositive patients
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