False-negative cerebrospinal fluid cryptococcal antigen test due to small-colony variants of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in a patient with cystopleural shunt.
This is the first report of a small-colony variant Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with cystopleural shunt associated chronic meningitis. Cryptococcal antigen testing of the cerebrospinal fluid and the serum were both negative. The atypical morphology and t...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 38; no. 11/12; pp. 1110 - 1115 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | case study Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2006
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