Cryptococcal meningitis; significance of positive antigen test on undiluted spinal fluid
Salom, I.L.
New York State Journal of Medicine 81(9): 1369-1370
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-7628 PMID: 7022273 Document Number: 178980
A case is reported in a 50-yr-old man. Undiluted cerebrospinal fluid was positive by latex agglutination for cryptococcal antigen and was later positive by complement fixation. Cryptococcus neoformans was cultured from cerebrospinal fluid. Therapy with amphotericin B and flucytosine [5-fluorocytosine] was successful.
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