Neurological worsening during treatment of an immunocompetent adult with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis
Cryptococcal meningitis is being increasingly described in immunocompetent adults. We describe here a young immuncompetent adult of Indian origin from Ghana, West Africa with cryptococcal meningitis who had several ups and downs during his treatment. First he developed neurologic worsening due to pr...
Main Authors: | Singhal Tanu, Munshi Mihir, Soman Rajeev, Aggarwal Annu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221175392030004X |
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