Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii meningitis in Egypt: a case report

East Mediterr Health J. 2006 Jan-Mar;12(1-2):241-4.

Authors

A Mansour¹, I Nakhla, M El Sherif, Y A Sultan, R W Frenck

Affiliation

¹ US Naval Medical Research Unit, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 17037245

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology*
Adult
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
Cryptococcus neoformans* / classification
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology
Egypt / epidemiology
Eucalyptus / microbiology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / epidemiology
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / microbiology*
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Serotyping
Treatment Outcome
Trees / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Amphotericin B