Managing intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital
RH Simbauranga
Managing intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital - Mwanza, Tanzania: SM J Case Rep & Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] 2018 - Pages 1-3 - Simbauranga RH, Kivuyo SL, Mfinanga SG, Harrison TS and Peck R. Managing intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital. SM J Case Rep. 2018; 4(3): 1087 .
Cryptococcal meningitis remains a major cause of HIV-related mortality worldwide with majority of cases occurring in sub Saharan Africa. Raised intracranial pressure is a common complication of cryptococcal meningitis and if left untreated is associated with irreversible blindness, deafness and other neurological and neurocognitive impairment. We present two cases which highlight the importance of therapeutic lumbar puncture in the management of raised intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.
2473-0688 = Therapeutic lumbar puncture; Mwananyamala; High fungal burden; Cryptococcal meningitis
Phone: +255 28 298 3384 Fax: +255 28 298 3386 Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
Managing intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital - Mwanza, Tanzania: SM J Case Rep & Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] 2018 - Pages 1-3 - Simbauranga RH, Kivuyo SL, Mfinanga SG, Harrison TS and Peck R. Managing intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital. SM J Case Rep. 2018; 4(3): 1087 .
Cryptococcal meningitis remains a major cause of HIV-related mortality worldwide with majority of cases occurring in sub Saharan Africa. Raised intracranial pressure is a common complication of cryptococcal meningitis and if left untreated is associated with irreversible blindness, deafness and other neurological and neurocognitive impairment. We present two cases which highlight the importance of therapeutic lumbar puncture in the management of raised intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.
2473-0688 = Therapeutic lumbar puncture; Mwananyamala; High fungal burden; Cryptococcal meningitis
Phone: +255 28 298 3384 Fax: +255 28 298 3386 Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz Website: www.bugando.ac.tz