Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome producing atypical presentations of cryptococcal meningitis: case report and a review of immune reconstitution-associated cryptococcal infections.
Atypical presentations of cryptococcal infection have been described as manifestations of immune reconstitution in HIV-infected patients following introduction of antiretroviral therapy. We describe a patient presenting with cryptococcal meningitis as an immune reconstitution reaction 10 weeks after...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 219 - 222 |
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| Formato: | case study review Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2006
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