Wong, C.M. and Lim, K.H. and Liam, C.K. (1999) Massive pleural effusions in cryptococcal meningitis. Postgraduate medical journal, 75 (883). pp. 297-8. ISSN 0032-5473, DOI 10533638.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Cryptococcal infection uncommonly presents with pulmonary manifestations and even more rarely so as massive bilateral effusions. Pleural involvement is usually associated with underlying pulmonary parenchymal lesions and is unusual while on antifungal therapy. We report a patient with cryptococcal meningitis who, while on intravenous 5-flucytosine and amphotericin B, developed life-threatening bilateral massive pleural effusions with evidence of spontaneous resolution, consistent with prior hypothesis of antigenic stimulation as the cause of pleural involvement.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adult; Amphotericin B/therapeutic use; |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Mr. Faizal Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2011 01:34 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2014 08:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/398 |
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