Steroid responsive late deterioration in Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii meningitis.
The authors describe the clinical course of Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii infection in a young immunocompetent man who had a late deterioration characterized by headaches, subarachnoid inflammation, hydrocephalus, and stroke that reproducibly responded to steroids. These findings, in combin...
| Publicado en: | Neurology Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 713 - 715 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2004 Aug 24
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