[Simultaneous association of tubercular meningitis and cryptococcal meningitis in an African with human immunodeficiency virus HIV positive serology. University Hospital Center of Bujumbura,Burundi].
The authors report a connection between a meningitis tuberculosis and a meningoencephalitis with cryptococcus in the case of an african VIH+. The diagnostic of a meningitis tuberculosis was retained on an indirect arguments, this of meningoencephalitis of direct arguments (antigen cryptococcus, cultivation on Sabouraud environment). The pulmonary tuberculosis and/or extrapulmonary tuberculosis is current in Central Africa during HIV infection, as well as the crytococcosis during AIDS. But, any observation on neuromeningitis strike of those two infections have been reported up to now.
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Faculté de Médecine de Bujumbura, Burundi.
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D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002063:Burundi; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B
Association simultanée d'une méningite tuberculeuse et d'une méningite à cryptocoque chez un Africain de sérologie positive pour le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine VIH+. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bujumbura (Burundi).