Diseases

Cryptococcal Meningitis

Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)

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Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)

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15 entry terms
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal
  • Cryptococcal Meningitides
  • Meningitides, Cryptococcal
  • Cerebral Cryptococcosis
  • Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis
  • Toruloma
  • Cerebral Cryptococcoses
  • Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous
  • Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous
  • Cryptococcoses, Cerebral
  • Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral
  • Cryptococcosis, Cerebral
  • Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral
  • Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses
  • Torulomas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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1992

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  • Cryptococcosis (1967-1991)
  • Meningitis (1967-1991)

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  1. C01w.150.703w.181.500w.500
  2. C01w.150.703w.248w.290
  3. C01w.207w.198.500w.500
  4. C10w.228w.228w.198.500w.500
  5. C10w.586.625w.300w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cryptococcal Meningitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016919. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016919
  2. Cryptococcal Meningitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18967011