Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in HIV/AIDS Patient Coinfected with Tuberculosis. Case Report

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Cryptococcal meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges due to Cryptococcus fungal infection which commonly invades people living with immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) impaired immunity. The disease has a high mortality rate and frequently misdiagnosed in early stages vague symptoms. This case report aimed provide information regarding diagnosis management cryptococcal meningoencephalitis patients acquired syndrome (AIDS) tuberculosis. We reported 34-year-old woman that complained headache fever for last month. There were also oral white patches two weeks. patient was diagnosed lung tuberculosis (TB) human (HIV) February 2021, but TB just being treated months, HIV

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عنوان ژورنال: Gaceta médica de Caracas

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['0367-4762']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47307/gmc.2023.131.2.15