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Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endopthalmitis
Author(s) -
Birkmann Lewiston W.,
Bennett Donald R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410040518
Subject(s) - enucleation , meningoencephalitis , cryptococcus neoformans , medicine , cryptococcosis , pathology , surgery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
A man developed meningoencephalitis 9 months after enucleation of his right eye for proved cryptococcal endophthalmiits secondary to a penetrating injury. The presumed portal of entry of Cryptococcus neoformans into the central nervous system was along the optic nerve subarachnoid sheath.
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