Cryptococcus meningitis mimicking cerebral septic emboli, a case report series demonstrating injection drug use as a risk factor for development of disseminated disease

BACKGROUND: Clinicians may be less inclined to consider a diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in people without HIV infection or transplant-related immunosuppression. This may lead to a delay in diagnosis particularly if disseminated cryptococcal disease mimics cerebral septic emboli in injection d...

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Autores principales: Polk, Christopher, Meredith, Jacqueline, Kuprenas, Alyssa, Leonard, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05108-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7254669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32460792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05108-1

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