About The Medical Condition Cryptococcal Meningitis
Find the definition of the medical term Cryptococcal Meningitis. Cryptococcal Meningitis defined and explained for easy understanding at the Medical Conditions from ClusterMed.info.
Cryptococcal Meningitis
| Cryptococcal Meningitis Medical Condition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Cryptococcal Meningitis?
Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)
|
More Medical Conditions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Medical Conditions Definitions Of The Day
- Hydrobromide, Hydroxyamphetamine ‐ Amphetamine metabolite with…
- Cardiovascular Effect ‐ The heart and the blood vessels by which blood is pumped and…
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic ‐ Surface antigens expressed on myeloid cells of the granulocyte-monocyte-histiocyte…
- EnteroSeptol ‐ A potentially neurotoxic 8-hydroxyquinoline derivative long used…
- Desmoplastic Fibroma ‐ A extremely rare bone tumor characterized by abundant collagen…
- Nonsuppurative Periodontitis, Acute ‐ Inflammation of the periapical tissue. It includes general, unspecified,…
- Bunaftine ‐ N-Butyl-N-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)-1-naphthamide. A proposed antiarrhythmic…
- Mononitrate, Sesquihydrate Rolitetracycline ‐ A semisynthetic antibiotic prepared from TETRACYCLINE. It is…
- Collapse, Circulatory ‐ A pathological condition that can suddenly affect the hemodynamic…
- Ant-Eater, Spiny ‐ An oviparous burrowing mammal of the order Monotremata native…