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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Cerebral infarction related to cryptococcal meningitis in an HIV-infected patient: case report and literature review
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| Autores: |
Leite,Andréa Gurgel Batista
Vidal,José E.
Bonasser Filho,Francisco
Nogueira,Roberta Schiavon
Oliveira,Augusto César Penalva de
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| Data: |
2004-04-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
AIDS
Cerebral infarction
Stroke
Cryptococcal meningitis
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200008
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702004000200008
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.8 n.2 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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