Cryptococcal meningitis and cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
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Cryptococcal meningitis and cerebral toxoplasmosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
A 34-year-old homosexual male developed cryptococcal meningitis as the initial manifestation of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). With antifungal therapy he improved. Six weeks later he developed focal motor seizures and progressive hemiplegia. Computer assisted tomography revealed multiple, ring-enhancing, low density lesions. The patient expired and at necropsy he was found to have ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.50.1.116-a