Cryptococcal meningitis in an apparent immunocompetent patient

M Poley, R Koubek, L Walsh… - Journal of Investigative …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Cryptococcal meningitis is an uncommon and severe infection that tends to affect
immunocompromised hosts worldwide and in the United States. Annually it is estimated that …

Cryptococcal meningitis in young, immunocompetent patients: a single-center retrospective case series and review of the literature

M Stack, J Hiles, E Valinetz, SK Gupta… - Open Forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Cryptococcal meningitis is an uncommon but serious infection with high
mortality and morbidity. Classically described in immunocompromised patients, including …

Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient

LS Murphy, AJ Lacy, AT Smith, KS Shah - The American journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cryptococcal meningitis is a fungal infection that is most commonly thought of as an
opportunistic infection affecting immunocompromised patients, classically patients with …

Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient with obstructive hydrocephalus: a case report

N Hamdan, RB Grand, J Moreau, L Thines - Neurochirurgie, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Cryptococcal infections of the central nervous system are very rare in
immunocompetent patients. They usually present as meningitis or as fungal cysts with or …

Cryptococcal Meningitis Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in an Immunocompetent Soldier

J Newsome, D Nguyen - Military medicine, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that commonly causes
disease in individuals in the setting of immunocompromised states. It is rarely reported in …

Cryptococcal meningo-encephalitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient

K Bretaudeau, O Eloy, A Richer, F Bruneel… - Revue …, 2006 - europepmc.org
Conclusion This case illustrates the usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid Cryptococcus
Neoformans antigen test in patients with an unexplained neurological syndrome with a …

First Reported Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from a Patient in Singapore

MB Taylor, D Chadwick, T Barkham - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcal meningitis has long been known to afflict immunocompetent patients in
Singapore. We report the first identification of an isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans var …

Clinical Diversity of CNS Cryptococcosis.

JM Koshy, S Mohan, D Deodhar, M John… - The Journal of the …, 2016 - europepmc.org
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Cryptococcus neoformans infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected patients at an inner-city tertiary care hospital in the Bronx

HA Yoon, U Felsen, T Wang, L Pirofski - Medical mycology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcus neoformans causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis. Human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the most significant predisposing condition, but …

[HTML][HTML] Neurological worsening during treatment of an immunocompetent adult with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis

S Tanu, M Mihir, S Rajeev, A Annu - Medical mycology case reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Cryptococcal meningitis is being increasingly described in immunocompetent adults. We
describe here a young immuncompetent adult of Indian origin from Ghana, West Africa with …