title: [16 cases of infection by Cryptococcosis neoformans in patients with AIDS].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castro Guardiola
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ocaña Rivera
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gasser Laguna
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz Camps
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Planes Reig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juste Sánchez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez Vázquez
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents
vernacular_title: Estudio de 16 casos de infección por Cryptococcus neoformans en pacientes con SIDA.