Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report

Abstract Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is mostly seen in immune‐compromised patients and rarely occurs in immune‐competent individuals. Immunocompetent individuals with CM present with indolent neurological disease and have better clinical outcomes after treatment. However, misdiagnosis is common and...

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Autores principales:	Suman Acharya, Sushil Kumar Yadav, Prabesh Bikram Singh, Siddhartha Bhandari, Jeevan Gautam, Santosh Pathak, Gaurav Nepal, Ranjit Sah, Rajeev Ojha
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Publicado:	Wiley 2021
Materias:	cryptococcal meningitis HIV immunocompetent immunocompromised organ transplant Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:47f51da6113e41f8b31a0a7a4b8a26a02021-12-02T07:55:56ZCryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report2050-090410.1002/ccr3.4894https://doaj.org/article/47f51da6113e41f8b31a0a7a4b8a26a02021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4894https://doaj.org/toc/2050-0904Abstract Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is mostly seen in immune‐compromised patients and rarely occurs in immune‐competent individuals. Immunocompetent individuals with CM present with indolent neurological disease and have better clinical outcomes after treatment. However, misdiagnosis is common and these patients may suffer from serious complications with high mortality.Suman AcharyaSushil Kumar YadavPrabesh Bikram SinghSiddhartha BhandariJeevan GautamSantosh PathakGaurav NepalRanjit SahRajeev OjhaWileyarticlecryptococcal meningitisHIVimmunocompetentimmunocompromisedorgan transplantMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENClinical Case Reports, Vol 9, Iss 10, Pp n/a-n/a (2021)
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topic	cryptococcal meningitis HIV immunocompetent immunocompromised organ transplant Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	cryptococcal meningitis HIV immunocompetent immunocompromised organ transplant Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Suman Acharya Sushil Kumar Yadav Prabesh Bikram Singh Siddhartha Bhandari Jeevan Gautam Santosh Pathak Gaurav Nepal Ranjit Sah Rajeev Ojha Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
description	Abstract Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is mostly seen in immune‐compromised patients and rarely occurs in immune‐competent individuals. Immunocompetent individuals with CM present with indolent neurological disease and have better clinical outcomes after treatment. However, misdiagnosis is common and these patients may suffer from serious complications with high mortality.
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author	Suman Acharya Sushil Kumar Yadav Prabesh Bikram Singh Siddhartha Bhandari Jeevan Gautam Santosh Pathak Gaurav Nepal Ranjit Sah Rajeev Ojha
author_facet	Suman Acharya Sushil Kumar Yadav Prabesh Bikram Singh Siddhartha Bhandari Jeevan Gautam Santosh Pathak Gaurav Nepal Ranjit Sah Rajeev Ojha
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title	Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
title_short	Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
title_full	Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
title_fullStr	Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
title_full_unstemmed	Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report
title_sort	cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: a case report
publisher	Wiley
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/47f51da6113e41f8b31a0a7a4b8a26a0
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Cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent individual: A case report

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