[Cryptococcal neuromeningitis in an immunocompetent patient].
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.
Charra
B
B
Service de réanimation médicale, CHU Ibn-Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
Hachimi
A
A
Nejmi
H
H
Sodqi
M
M
Benslama
A
A
Motaouakkil
S
S
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis