TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cryptococcosis A1 - Rose, Stacey R. A1 - Hamill, Richard J. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISMost common cause of fungal meningitis.Predisposing factors: chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies, Hodgkin lymphoma, corticosteroids, structural lung diseases, transplant recipients, TNF-alpha inhibitors, and AIDS.Headache, abnormal mental status; meningismus seen occasionally, although rarely in patients with AIDS.Demonstration of capsular polysaccharide antigen or positive culture in CSF is diagnostic. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193137471 ER -