Other terms
Cryptococcal Meningitides,Meningitides, Cryptococcal,Cryptococcal Meningitis,Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis,Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous,Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous,Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral,Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral,Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses,Toruloma,Torulomas,Cerebral Cryptococcosis,Cerebral Cryptococcoses,Cryptococcoses, Cerebral,Cryptococcosis, Cerebral
Description
Meningitis, Cryptococcal: 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)
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