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Case Reports
. 1978 Nov;4(5):476-7.
doi: 10.1002/ana.410040518.

Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endophthalmitis

L W Birkmann, D R Bennett
Case Reports

Meningoencephalitis following enucleation for cryptococcal endophthalmitis

L W Birkmann et al. 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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