A 38-year-old man with newly diagnosed advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS)(CD4 count= 17 cells/mm3) presented with bilateral lower limb weakness associated …

A 39-year old man was admitted to hospital with a history of fever, headache, nausea,
photophobia and vomiting which started six days earlier. A lumbar puncture confirmed the …

Cryptococcus is a cosmopolitan fungus with tropism for the nervous system and a higher
prevalence of infection in immunosuppressed patients. Neurological compromise caused by …

A 24-year-old immunocompetent and previously healthy female was admitted to our
Emergency Department with severe headaches, nausea, and vomiting. Brain magnetic …

The onset of central nervous system (CNS) cryptococcosis may be acute or insidious. Acute
manifestations with neurological signs and symptoms are more common in …

Dear Editor, Before AIDS, cryptococcal meningitis, a disease caused by the basidiomycete
fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, occurred at an incidence rate of one case per one million …

A Case Report: Tragic Death in a Young Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Due to
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DISCUSSION: Cryptococcus neoformans is an ubiquitous encapsulated yeast that has
known to cause diseases ranging from asymptomatic pulmonary colonization to life …

Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection causes significant disease predominantly
in immunocompromised patients. Here we present an excepcional case of disseminated …

Introduction: We present a fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a young man whose
diagnosis of HIV infection was made at the time of admission to the emergency room. Case …