title: [Cryptococcal neuromeningitis in an immunocompetent patient].
abstract: The authors report a case of cryptococcal neuromeningitis (CNM) in a 27-year-old man, non HIV-infected, with a normal CD(4) T-lymphocyte count. He had a clinical history of subacute meningitis. The evolution was fatal. CNM is a rare infection the prognosis of which remains bad, even in immunocompetent patient.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation médicale, CHU Ibn-Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Charra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hachimi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nejmi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sodqi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benslama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motaouakkil
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis