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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