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[Cryptococcal meningitis associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a case report. Review of the literature].

AbstractINTRODUCTION:
The authors report the occurrence of a cryptococcal meningitis in a patient treated by corticosteroids and polychemotherapy for a chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
EXEGESIS:
A 63-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia was sent to hospital because of impaired condition with fever. Neurological disorders appeared. Cryptococcal meningitis was diagnosed. Under treatment, the outcome was favorable.
CONCLUSION:
This paper highlights the feature of this infection most likely underestimated in HIV-seronegative patients and the need to a priori consider this diagnosis.
AuthorsP Jégo, A Le Strat, C Camus, A Gatel, B Grosbois, R Leblay
JournalLa Revue de medecine interne (Rev Med Interne) Vol. 21 Issue 1 Pg. 83-5 (Jan 2000) ISSN: 0248-8663 [Print] France
Vernacular TitleCryptococcose neuroméningée et leucémie lymphoïde chronique: à propos d'une observation. Revue de la littérature.
PMID10685458 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell (complications, drug therapy)
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome

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