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Lab Examinations
• CSF: WBC28×106/L,multinucleated cells 15/28,monocytes 13/28,protein 1169mg/L, glucose1.3mmol/L
• CSF smear for fungi was negative • CSF culture was positive for Cryptococcus
• Found in 7%-10% patients with AIDS • Remain high mortality rate (10%-44%),
especially in immunocompromised patients
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Present History
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AmB
• Prior to the availability of AmB, cryptococcal meningitis was considered to be uniformly fatal
• When AmB became available in the late 1950s, it became the drug of choice for crypotococcal meningitis with success rates of up to 60%
neoformans • CSF cryptococcal antigen titres 1:160
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Cranial MRI
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Past History of Hepatitis B
• In 2002 he was diagnosed with decompensated hepatitis B cirrhosis, presenting with fatigue, anorexia and bloating