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Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Cryptococcosis > Meningitis, Cryptococcal
Nervous System Diseases > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Meningitis > Meningitis, Fungal > Meningitis, Cryptococcal
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Neuroinflammatory Diseases > Meningitis > Meningitis, Fungal > Meningitis, Cryptococcal
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Mycoses > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections > Meningitis, Fungal > Meningitis, Cryptococcal
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections > Meningitis, Fungal > Meningitis, Cryptococcal
... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Fungal Infections > Meningitis, Fungal > Meningitis, Cryptococcal

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Meningitis, Cryptococcal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cryptococcal Meningitis

Scope note

  • Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)

History note

  • 1992

In other languages

  • kryptokokin aiheuttama aivokalvotulehdus

    Finnish

  • aivojen kryptokokkoosi
  • aivokalvojen ja aivojen kryptokokkoosi
  • cerebral kryptokockos
  • cryptococcosis cerebralis
  • cryptococcosis meningocerebralis
  • kryptokokin aiheuttama aivokalvojen tulehdus
  • kryptokokkiaivokalvotulehdus
  • kryptokokkimeningiitti
  • kryptokokkoosiin liittyvä aivokalvotulehdus
  • Kryptokockmeninigitis

    Swedish

  • Cerebral kryptokockos
  • Granulös cerebral kryptokockos
  • Hjärnhinneinflammation, kryptokock
  • Meningit, kryptokock
  • Torulom

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016919

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