"Meningitis, Cryptococcal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)
| Descriptor ID |
D016919
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.703.181.500.500 C01.703.248.290 C10.228.228.198.500.500 C10.228.614.300.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningitis, Cryptococcal- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- Cryptococcal Meningitides
- Meningitides, Cryptococcal
- Cryptococcal Meningitis
Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis- Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis
- Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous
- Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous
- Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral
- Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral
- Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses
- Toruloma
- Torulomas
Cerebral Cryptococcosis- Cerebral Cryptococcosis
- Cerebral Cryptococcoses
- Cryptococcoses, Cerebral
- Cryptococcosis, Cerebral
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningitis, Cryptococcal" by people in Profiles.
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Panackal AA, Wuest SC, Lin YC, Wu T, Zhang N, Kosa P, Komori M, Blake A, Browne SK, Rosen LB, Hagen F, Meis J, Levitz SM, Quezado M, Hammoud D, Bennett JE, Bielekova B, Williamson PR. Paradoxical Immune Responses in Non-HIV Cryptococcal Meningitis. PLoS Pathog. 2015 May; 11(5):e1004884.
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Agudelo CA, Mu?oz C, Ram?rez A, Tob?n AM, de Bedout Bact C, Cano LE, Restrepo A. Response to therapy in patients with cryptococcosis and AIDS: Association with in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole. Rev Iberoam Micol. 2015 Oct-Dec; 32(4):214-20.
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Cachia D, Singh C, Tetzlaff MT, Penas-Prado M. Middle cerebral artery territory infarct due to Cryptococcus infectionstitle: an uncommon indication for cerebrospinal fluid analysis in stroke patients. Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Aug; 43(8):632-4.
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Chang CC, Lim A, Omarjee S, Levitz SM, Gosnell BI, Spelman T, Elliott JH, Carr WH, Moosa MY, Ndung'u T, Lewin SR, French MA. Cryptococcosis-IRIS is associated with lower cryptococcus-specific IFN-? responses before antiretroviral therapy but not higher T-cell responses during therapy. J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep; 208(6):898-906.
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Debenedectis CM, McCulloh RJ, Healey TT. Pulmonary Cryptococcosis. R I Med J (2013). 2013 May; 96(5):53-4.
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Jarvis JN, Casazza JP, Stone HH, Meintjes G, Lawn SD, Levitz SM, Harrison TS, Koup RA. The phenotype of the Cryptococcus-specific CD4+ memory T-cell response is associated with disease severity and outcome in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis. J Infect Dis. 2013 Jun 15; 207(12):1817-28.
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Desalermos A, Kourkoumpetis TK, Mylonakis E. Update on the epidemiology and management of cryptococcal meningitis. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2012 Apr; 13(6):783-9.
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Hosseinnezhad A, Rapose A. Cryptococccal meningoencephalitis after H1N1 influenza. BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jan 10; 2012.
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Makadzange AT, Ndhlovu CE, Takarinda K, Reid M, Kurangwa M, Gona P, Hakim JG. Early versus delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy for concurrent HIV infection and cryptococcal meningitis in sub-saharan Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 01; 50(11):1532-8.
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Sivalingam SK, Saligram P, Natanasabapathy S, Paez AS. Covert cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematous. J Emerg Med. 2012 May; 42(5):e101-4.