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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