[16 cases of infection by Cryptococcosis neoformans in patients with AIDS].
Sixteen patients with AIDS (6% of the total AIDS patients) who had infection by Cryptococcus neoformans were studied. Most of these patients (94%) had cryptococcal meningitis. Only 50% of the cases showed clinical manifestations of neurological involvement. Blood cultures and antigen level measurement were the diagnostic techniques with best results due to their high percentage of positivity. Sixty nine percent of patients survived the acute phase of the infection and only 3 of those who died in this period showed evidence of active infection patients by the fungus.
Castro Guardiola
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Servicio de Medicina Interna, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Ocaña Rivera
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Gasser Laguna
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Ruiz Camps
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Planes Reig
A M
AM
Juste Sánchez
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C
Martínez Vázquez
J M
JM
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
D000935:Antifungal Agents
Estudio de 16 casos de infección por Cryptococcus neoformans en pacientes con SIDA.