A Case of Central Nervous System Cryptococcosis
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https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.5399Abstract
Cryptococcal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) has become an increasingly uncommon diagnosis in the advent of antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, patients that are non-compliant with their medications in addition to those who are immunosuppressed outside the realm of HIV remain at risk for this infection. In patients with HIV, those with a CD4 count less than 100 cells per microliter are at particularly high risk for this infection. If not promptly diagnosed and treated with antifungal therapy, CNS cryptococcosis is rapidly fatal. We present a case of a 41-year-old woman with no known medical history that presented to our institution with altered mental status and was ultimately diagnosed with CNS cryptococcosis.
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