Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in an HIV-AIDS patient

Authors

  • Robin Rodríguez Pérez Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.
  • Isabel de la Concepción Gorrin Alemán Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.
  • Richard González Patricio Hospital Provincial Universitario “Arnaldo Milián Castro”. Santa Clara. Villa Clara.

Keywords:

horner syndrome/etiology

Abstract

A case of central nervous system cryptococcosis in a young patient with a diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by the human immunodeficiency virus is reported. The patient was treated at the Arnaldo Milian Castro Provincial University Hospital in Santa Clara. The patient presented with symptoms of meningoencephalitis, which eventually caused his death. The fungal cause of the condition was determined by a microbiological analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid, which showed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans as causal agent. No other sites of the fungus were found in the patient. Clinical and microbiological aspects of the disease were described and updated.

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Rodríguez Pérez R, Gorrin Alemán I de la C, González Patricio R. Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in an HIV-AIDS patient. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 6 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];6(4):102-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/245

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 4 (2012): October-December

Section

Case Reports

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