Cryptococcus gattii infection causing fulminant intracranial hypertension

Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii (C. gattii) causes infection in predominantly immunocompetent individuals. The majority of cases present with headache due to meningitis and its natural history normally follows an indolent course. We report a fatal case of fulminant cryptococcaemia culminating...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of anaesthesia : BJA 2007-10, Vol.99 (4), p.528-531
Hauptverfasser:	Bromilow, J., Corcoran, T.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences brain, intracranial pressure coma, aetiology Cryptococcus neoformans cryptococcus, physiology Fatal Outcome Humans intracranial hypertension Intracranial Hypertension - diagnostic imaging Intracranial Hypertension - microbiology Male Medical sciences meningitis, cryptococcal Meningitis, Cryptococcal - complications Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnostic imaging Middle Aged Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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