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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Published in:	BMC Infectious Diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors:	Polk, Christopher, Meredith, Jacqueline, Kuprenas, Alyssa, Leonard, Michael
Format:	case study Journal Article
Published:	BioMed Central 5/27/2020
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost