Case Report: Cryptococcal meningitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient in Nepal - challenges in diagnosis and treatment

A 50 year old woman from Nepal had clinical features suggestive of meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis was normal except for the presence of cryptococcal antigen. The inclusion of test for Cryptococcus in the CSF helped in making the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in our patient who...

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Autores principales: Jha, Ashish, Adhikari, Sudeep, Sigdel, Keshav Raj, Paudyal, Buddhi, Basnyat, Buddha, Kayastha, Gyan, Pradhan, Sumita, Risal, Ujjwol, Poudel, Jiwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6600853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31289752
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15187.2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6600853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31289752
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15187.2

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