Cryptococcus neoformans causing meningitis in AIDS patients

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Everardo Albuquerque Menezes¹  Maria Neuman Ricarte Monteiro¹  Maria Rozelê F. Angelo²  Cintia Duarte Santos¹  Caio César Furtado Freire¹  Francisco Afrânio Cunha¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Ceará Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas Fortaleza CE

关键词: Cryptococcus neoformans;    Meningitis;    Cerebrospinal fluid;    AIDS;    Cryptococcus neoformans;    Meningite;    Líquido cefalorraquidiano;    AIDS;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822002000500021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Cryptococcus neoformans causes meningitis in AIDS patients. In the São José Hospital, reference center for patients with AIDS in Fortaleza - Ceará State - Brazil, 54 samples of the cerebrospinal fluid were analyzed from January 1st through December 31st 2000. Direct examination with India ink and culture in Sabouraud's agar at 37°C were done. Of the specimens studied 5(9.25%) were positive.

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