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https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/31371| Title: | Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with idiopathic CD4+ tlymphocytopenia. A case report. | Authors: | Gomes F.;Gomes N. | Institution: | (Gomes, Gomes) Neurology Department, Monash Medical Centre, VIC, Australia | Issue Date: | 11-Oct-2012 | Copyright year: | 2009 | Publisher: | Internet Scientific Publications LLC (23 Rippling Creek Drive, Sugar Land TX 77479, United States) | Place of publication: | United States | Publication information: | Internet Journal of Neurology. 11 (1) (no pagination), 2009. Date of Publication: 2009. | Abstract: | A case is presented of a 66 year old lady with long standing lymphocytopenia who developed the sudden onset of inability to walk. She was subsequently diagnosed with both cryptococcal meningitis and idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia. This report highlights important points regarding these diagnoses and their association. | ISSN: | 1531-295X (electronic) | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/31371 | Type: | Article | Subjects: | nuclear magnetic resonance imaging treatment outcome amphotericin B/dt [Drug Therapy] flucytosine/dt [Drug Therapy] idiopathic disease/dt [Drug Therapy] cryptococcal meningitis/dt [Drug Therapy] *cryptococcal meningitis/di [Diagnosis] *cryptococcal meningitis/dt [Drug Therapy] *cryptococcal meningitis/th [Therapy] Cryptococcus neoformans disease association female follow up human hydrocephalus idiopathic disease/di [Diagnosis] *lymphocytopenia/di [Diagnosis] *lymphocytopenia/dt [Drug Therapy] lymphocytopenia/dt [Drug Therapy] aged article brain ventricle peritoneum shunt case report *CD4+ T lymphocyte cell count cerebrospinal fluid cerebrospinal fluid analysis computer assisted tomography Cryptococcus neoformans disease association female follow up human hydrocephalus idiopathic disease / diagnosis / drug therapy lymphocytopenia / drug therapy nuclear magnetic resonance imaging treatment outcome article aged brain ventricle peritoneum shunt *lymphocytopenia / *diagnosis / *drug therapy cerebrospinal fluid cell count *CD4+ T lymphocyte case report cryptococcal meningitis / drug therapy *cryptococcal meningitis / *diagnosis / *drug therapy / *therapy computer assisted tomography cerebrospinal fluid analysis |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Case series or case report |
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