Cryptococcus neoformans causing meningitis in AIDS patients.
Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis in AIDS patients. In the São José Hospital, reference center for patients with AIDS in Fortaleza--Ceará State--Brazil, 54 samples of the cerebrospinal fluid were analyzed from January 1st through December 31st 2000. Direct examination with India ink and culture in Sabouraud's agar at 37 degrees C were done. Of the specimens studied 5(9.25%) were positive.
Menezes
Everardo Albuquerque
EA
Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas da Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. menezes@ufc.br
Monteiro
Maria Neuman Ricarte
MN
Angelo
Maria Rozelê F
MR
Santos
Cintia Duarte
CD
Freire
Caio César Furtado
CC
Cunha
Francisco Afrânio
FA
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*