Sudden blindness due to bilateral optic neuropathy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient.

Background: Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent and severe AIDS defining illnesses. Aims: We present a patient with advanced HIV/AIDS disease and a diffuse meningoencephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans. The patient developed an acute and bilateral blindness associated with high cerebrosp...

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Publicado en:	Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 207 - 210
Autores principales:	Corti, Marcelo, Solaria, Rubén, Cangelosi, Diana, Domínguez, Cecilia, Yampolsky, Claudio, Negroni, Ricardo, Arechavala, Alicia, Schtirbu, Ricardo
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Elsevier B.V. Dec2010
Materias:	Blindness Optic nerve diseases Neuropathy Cryptococcosis AIDS Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis Cerebrospinal fluid pressure
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