Open AccessClinical features and para-clinical findings of cryptococcal meningitis in the North of Iran during 2011-19
Author(s) -
Farhang Babamahmoodi,
Kobra Gerizade Firozjaii,
Masoumeh Bayani,
Tahereh Shokohi,
Jamshid Yazdani,
Amir Mohammad Beyzaee,
Fatemeh Ahangarkani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current medical mycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.369
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2423-3439
pISSN - 2423-3420
DOI - 10.18502/cmm.6.4.5330
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , referral , disease , lymphoma , retrospective cohort study , medical record , weakness , hepatitis c virus , pediatrics , immunology , surgery , virus , pathology , family medicine
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a serious fungal infection that especially affects patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this regard, the present retrospective study aimed to analyze the clinical and laboratory features and therapeutic outcomes of patients with CM admitted to two teaching referral centers in the north of Iran during 2011-19.