The spectrum of computerized tomography (CT) findings in central nervous system (CNS) infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in immunocompetent children

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Maria Do Perpétuo Socorro Costa CorrÊa²  Luiz Carlos Severo¹  Flávio De Mattos Oliveira¹  Klaus Irion¹  Alberto Thomaz Londero¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Pará Núcleo de Medicina TropicalPA ,Brasil

关键词: Cryptococcosis;    Cryptococcus neoformans;    Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii;    Childhood;    Meningitis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652002000500010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Cranial CT scans of eleven immunocompetent children with central nervous system (CNS) infection due to Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii were retrospectively reviewed. These children had an average age of 8.8 years and positive culture for C. n. var. gattii in cerebrospinal fluid. The most common signs and symptoms were headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, nausea and vomiting. No normal cranial CT was detected in any patient. Hypodense nodules were observed in all patients . The remaining scan abnormalities were as follows: nine had diffuse atrophy, six had hydrocephalus, and five had hydrocephalus coexistent with diffuse atrophy.

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