Combined central nervous system tuberculosis and neurocryptococcosis in a non-HIV patient following severe psychological trauma

Combined central nervous system tuberculosis and neurocryptococcosis in a non-HIV patient following severe psychological trauma

Abstract Simultaneous CNS tuberculosis and neuro cryptococcosis are rare in immunocompromised patients and more rare in immune-competent patients, immunosuppression by HIV infection is the main contributing factor, herein, we describe a case of CNS tuberculosis with cryptococcal meningitis after a l...

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Main Authors: Hamdy Ibrahim, Mohamed Saleh, Basma AAref, Sara Safwat, Mohamed Adel Nassef, Nagy Mansour, Amira Yousef, Atta Ahmed Ali, Marwa Haron, Hatem Zeineldein, Rania Sami, Mahmoud Elshymy, Mohamed Gafar, Ahmed Shams eldeen, Ashraf Wahba, Mohamed Ashraf, Mahmoud Badr, Ahmed Saraya, Mariam Elfouly, Omar Refaie, Mostafa Nasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis meningitis
Cryptococcal meningitis
Neuro cryptococcosis
Non-HIV
Psychological stress
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-024-00377-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43162-024-00377-7

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