Severe brain co-infection by cryptococcus neoformans and mycobacterium tuberculosis as a consequence of a non-bacillary lung tuberculosis.

An exceptionally rare case of concurrent central nervous system infection by clyptococcus neoformans and mycobacterium tuberculosis in a 25-year-old otherwise healthy Chinese student who very recently joined Italian post-doctoral courses is described, together with diagnostic and therapeutic difficu...

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Published in:	Archivos de Neurociencias Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 192 - 196
Main Authors:	Manfredi, Roberto, Calza, Leonardo
Format:	Case Study
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, Departamento de Publicaciones Cientificas jul-sep2009
Subjects:	Brain diseases Tuberculosis complications Infection Cryptococcus neoformans
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