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[Brain cryptococcosis in HIV infection]
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Case Reports
[Brain cryptococcosis in HIV infection]
[Article in
Russian]
Arkh Patol.
1992.
Abstract
A 30-year-old female with HIV-infection (AIDS-stage) died with generalized, including meningoencephalitis, infection. Fungi found in the brain were identified as Cryptococcus neoformans. Fungal cells were also found in the lungs and in the necrotic phlegmon of soft tissue i. e. there was a generalized Cryptococcus infection.
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