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Cerebral cryptococcoma – why?

Authors

Guha Avirup
Merchen, Lee Ann
Georgia Regents University ; , Department of Internal Medicine ;

Int. J. Community Based Nurs. Midwifery. 2015; 47 (4): 346-347
KMJ-Kuwait Medical Journal
Journal Country: Kuwait
P-ISSN: 0023-5776
Indexing Status : In process
Citation: Avirup Guha ,Lee Ann Merchen , Cerebral cryptococcoma – why?, Int. J. Community Based Nurs. Midwifery. 2015; 47 (4): 346-347

Abstract English

We report a case of cryptococcal abscess in an immunocompetent individual. She was found to have normal T-cell line with appropriate number of CD4, CD3 and CD8 cells. She was noted to have poor T-helper cell immunity which has been correlated to such kinds of manifestation in mice models of pulmonary cryptococcosis. We performed the Candida antigen and tetanus toxoid mediated T-cell assay to see the aforementioned point. Although a presentation of this kind has been mentioned in literature before, such reasoning has never been cited earlier

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