Cryptococcus neoformans causing meningitis in AIDS patients

Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis in AIDS patients. In the São José Hospital, reference center for patients with AIDS in Fortaleza - Ceará State - Brazil, 54 samples of the cerebrospinal fluid were analyzed from January 1st through December 31st 2000. Direct examination with India ink and cu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Everardo Albuquerque Menezes, Maria Neuman Ricarte Monteiro, Maria Rozelê F. Angelo, Cintia Duarte Santos, Caio César Furtado Freire, Francisco Afrânio Cunha
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2002
Subjects:
Cryptococcus neoformans
Meningitis
Cerebrospinal fluid
AIDS
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b162cc3adc8f4a1db815341f056a3724
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Summary:Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis in AIDS patients. In the São José Hospital, reference center for patients with AIDS in Fortaleza - Ceará State - Brazil, 54 samples of the cerebrospinal fluid were analyzed from January 1st through December 31st 2000. Direct examination with India ink and culture in Sabouraud's agar at 37°C were done. Of the specimens studied 5(9.25%) were positive.

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