[Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis].
Infections caused by Cryptococcus neoformans affect mainly patients with impaired functions of T-cells, and in particular individuals with AIDS. The authors suppose also older subjects in relatively good health to be endangered by this infection. A case of fatal cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with fulminant coarse was detected in a 76-year female patient without evident immunodeficiency.
Sinajová
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E
Oddelenie klinickej mikrobiológie-FNsP J. A. Reimana, Presov.
Volleková
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A
Hudácková
J
J
Straka
L
L
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis