D K Minta, A Dolo, M Dembele, A S Kaya, A T Sidibe, I Coulibaly, I I Maiga, M Diallo, A M Traore, M Y Maiga, O K Doumbo, H A Traore, E Pichard, D Chabasse
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common fatal central nervous system infection in AIDS patients in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this prospective study conducted from March 2003 to February 2004 in the internal medicine and infectious diseases departments of the Point G University Hospital Center was to investigate the clinical, prognostic and epidemiological profile of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in patients hospitalized for brain and meningeale infection (BMI). Diagnosis of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis (NMC) was based on positive identification of Cryptococcus by direct exam of the cebrospinal fluid (CSF) after India ink staining and/or culture on Sabouraud medium without actidione...
December 2011: Médecine Tropicale: Revue du Corps de Santé Colonial