Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis

Cryptococcal meningitis is considered one of the AIDS-defining illness and has been reported to be associated with neurological sequels. However, acute vision loss as presenting complaint is rare in Cryptococcal meningitis. Management of Cryptococcal meningitis with antifungal therapy may not lead t...

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Autores principales: Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali, Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth, Alhajeri, Ameera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6479074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31032178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.001
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author Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali
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description Cryptococcal meningitis is considered one of the AIDS-defining illness and has been reported to be associated with neurological sequels. However, acute vision loss as presenting complaint is rare in Cryptococcal meningitis. Management of Cryptococcal meningitis with antifungal therapy may not lead to favourable outcomes and may necessitate the need for invasive intervention. We report a case of acute bilateral visual loss secondary to Cryptococcal meningitis.
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spelling pubmed-64790742019-04-26 Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Alhajeri, Ameera Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cryptococcal meningitis is considered one of the AIDS-defining illness and has been reported to be associated with neurological sequels. However, acute vision loss as presenting complaint is rare in Cryptococcal meningitis. Management of Cryptococcal meningitis with antifungal therapy may not lead to favourable outcomes and may necessitate the need for invasive intervention. We report a case of acute bilateral visual loss secondary to Cryptococcal meningitis. Elsevier 2019-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6479074/ /pubmed/31032178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.001 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title_full Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title_fullStr Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title_full_unstemmed Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title_short Vision loss in an AIDS patient with cryptococcal meningitis
title_sort vision loss in an aids patient with cryptococcal meningitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6479074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31032178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.04.001
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