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doi: 10.1002/ana.410040518.
Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endophthalmitis
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- DOI: 10.1002/ana.410040518
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Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endophthalmitis
Ann Neurol.
1978 Nov.
Abstract
A man developed meningoencephalitis 9 months after enucleation of his right eye for proved cryptococcal endophthalmitis 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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