Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report

Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal infection of the central nervous system with high mortality and disability rates. A prominent clinical manifestation is persistent and severe cranial hypertension, which is one of the most critical outcome determinants in patients with cryptococcal meningoe...

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Autores principales: Hu, Shijun, Liu, Tao, Huang, Shixiong, Liang, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9767947/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569160
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1035201
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Liu, Tao
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Liang, Hui
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Liang, Hui
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description Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal infection of the central nervous system with high mortality and disability rates. A prominent clinical manifestation is persistent and severe cranial hypertension, which is one of the most critical outcome determinants in patients with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. Herein, we report and discuss a case of cryptococcal meningitis treated by an inadequate course of medical therapy and placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a patient who survived for more than 10 years.
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spelling pubmed-97679472022-12-22 Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report Hu, Shijun Liu, Tao Huang, Shixiong Liang, Hui Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Cryptococcal meningitis is a common fungal infection of the central nervous system with high mortality and disability rates. A prominent clinical manifestation is persistent and severe cranial hypertension, which is one of the most critical outcome determinants in patients with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. Herein, we report and discuss a case of cryptococcal meningitis treated by an inadequate course of medical therapy and placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a patient who survived for more than 10 years. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9767947/ /pubmed/36569160 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1035201 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hu, Liu, Huang and Liang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Hu, Shijun
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Liang, Hui
Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report
title Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report
title_full Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report
title_fullStr Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report
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title_short Management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: A case report
title_sort management of long-term cryptococcal meningitis neoformans in a surviving patient: a case report
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