Cryptococcal meningitis presenting as acute flaccid paralysis: A case report

• Main Authors: Vanessa Correa-Forero (Author), Gabriel D. Pinilla-Monsalve (Author), Jaime A. Valderrama-Chaparro (Author), Pablo Amaya-Gonzalez (Author)
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• Udgivet: Elsevier, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cryptococcus is a cosmopolitan fungus with tropism for the nervous system and a higher prevalence of infection in immunosuppressed patients. Neurological compromise caused by this microorganism mainly debuts as a meningeal syndrome (headache, fever, neck stiffness) with predominant encephalic involv...