Cryptococcal meningitis presenting with bilateral complete ophthalmoplegia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus neoformans is saprophytic encapsulated yeast. Infection is acquired by inhalation of the organism and could be asymptomatic or limited to the lungs, specially in the immunocompetent host. Cryptococcal meningitis is a serious opportunistic infection among post transplant reci...

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Autores principales: Liyanage, Damith S, Pathberiya, Lakmini PS, Gooneratne, Inuka K, Caldera, Manjula HPC, Perera, Priyankara WS, Gamage, Ranjani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-328

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4053272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885277
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-328

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