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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Cerebral infarction related to cryptococcal meningitis in an HIV-infected patient: case report and literature review
Autores: | Leite,Andréa Gurgel Batista; Vidal,José E.; Bonasser Filho,Francisco; Nogueira,Roberta Schiavon; Oliveira,Augusto César Penalva de.
Data: | 2004-04-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | AIDS; Cerebral infarction; Stroke; Cryptococcal meningitis.
Resumo: | Neurological dysfunction as the first manifestation of AIDS has been found in 10 to 20% of symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infections. However, stroke has rarely been reported in AIDS patients. The most common causes of cerebral infarction in AIDS are central nervous system infections: toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculosis. Potential vascular mechanisms for cerebral infarction and transient neurological deficits among AIDS patients include deposition of antigen-antibody complexes with vasculitis and infarction, and a direct toxic effect of a viral antigen or infectious agent on vascular endothelium. The role of cryptococcal meningitis in vasculopathy is still not clear. We report a case of cerebral infarction in an HIV-infected patient, with cryptococcal meningitis as the first manifestation of AIDS.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200008
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702004000200008
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.8 n.2 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess