RT Book, Section
A1 Rose, Stacey R.
A1 Hamill, Richard J.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193137471
T1 Cryptococcosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193137471
RD 2024/10/10
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.