Central nervous system cryptococcoma in a Ugandan patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Central nervous system cryptococcoma in a Ugandan patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Mortality due to AIDS-related Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is often >50% in low-middle income countries. Dissemination of CM can result in intracranial mass lesions known as cryptococcoma. Patients who develop cryptococcomas often have worse outcomes when compared to patients with cryptococcosis...

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Main Authors: Sruti S. Velamakanni, Nathan C. Bahr, Abdu K. Musubire, David R. Boulware, Joshua Rhein, Henry W. Nabeta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Cryptococcus meningitis
Cryptococcoma
Immunosuppressed Host
Central nervous system
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753914000360

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