The Role of Lumbar Puncture in the Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Patients with AIDS-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis | Zendy

Spinello Antinori | Zendy; Annalisa Ridolfo | Zendy; Erika Gianelli | Zendy; Manuela Piazza | Zendy; Cristina Gervasoni | Zendy; Antonella d’Arminio Monforte | Zendy

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The Role of Lumbar Puncture in the Management of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Patients with AIDS-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis

Author(s) -

Spinello Antinori,

Annalisa Ridolfo,

Erika Gianelli,

Manuela Piazza,

Cristina Gervasoni,

Antonella d’Arminio Monforte

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Persian

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/317432

Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcal meningitis , lumbar puncture , intracranial pressure , meningitis , cryptococcosis , bacterial meningitis , raised intracranial pressure , spinal puncture , lumbar , cerebrospinal fluid , surgery , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , immunology

Aspergillosis 1/1 Astrocytoma/glioblastoma 3/3 2 (1–3) Bacterial meningitis — 7/10 CMV encephalitis — 49/54 CMV plus other OI 5/23 Cryptococcosis 6/45 2 (1–4) 67/263 Encephalopathy, unknown origin 6/7 1 (1–2) 36/41 Herpetic meningoencephalitis — 8/10 HIV encephalopathy — 74/87 HIV encephalopathy plus other OI 2/3 Primary brain lymphoma 15/16 1 (1–2) — PML 67/78 Syphilis — 11/14 Systemic non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3/6 2 (1–3) 1/3 Toxoplasmosis 74/91 3 (1–5) — Toxoplasmosis plus other OI 10/17 2 (1–4) Tuberculosis 3/7 3 (1–5) 20/25 Tuberculosis plus other OI 2/3 Total 121/193 349/614

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