Abbasi, Farhad and Nasri Razin, Bahram and Family, Alireza (2014) MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS COINFECTION MENINGITIS IN A YOUNG IMMUNCOMPETENT WOMAN. Iranian J Publ Health,, 43 (2).
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Background: Meningitis is a severe and potentially fatal form of tuberculosis. The diagnostic workup involves detection of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by microscopy or culture, however, the difficulty in detecting the organism poses a challenge to diagnosis Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. Generally, the disease affects the central nervous system Methods: The patient was a 35 year-old woman who was admitted in hospital due to fever, headache and changes of mental status. Physical examination reviled neck stiffness. Kernig’s and Brudsinsky signs were positive. Results: Cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed lymphocytic pleocytosis. Culture of cerebrospinal fluid reviled Mycobacterium tuberculosis and cryptococcus neoformans. Conclusion: Tuberculosis meningitis should be considered in patients with chronic meningitis especially in endemic area. Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis may occur in immuncompetent patient and confection with tuberculosis meningitis is possible
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | indexer:anis najafi |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chronic Meningitis, Cryptococcus Neoformans, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicin |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with username karvarz2 |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2016 03:11 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2016 03:11 |
URI: | http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/4443 |
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