title: [Two cases of cryptococcal meningitis revealed by an ischemic stroke].
abstract: The usual clinical expression of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis is a meningoencephalitis. We report two cases of neurocryptococcosis which have been revealed by an unusual clinical aspect: an ischemic stroke with a vasculitis mechanism. The two patients had a positive reaction for the HIV and we discussed the responsibility of the HIV or the Cryptococcus in the occurrence of the cerebral infarct.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, CHU de Cocody, BP V 13, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. ange_medic@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kouame-Assouan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cowppli-Bony
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aka-Anghui Diarra
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Assi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doumbia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Adjien
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diagana
authors.forename: Y E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Boa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kouassi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology