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100 _aRH Simbauranga
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222 _aTherapeutic lumbar puncture; Mwananyamala; High fungal burden; Cryptococcal meningitis
245 _aManaging intracranial pressure in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis saves Life: Case report of two patients admitted to a Tanzanian hospital
260 _aMwanza, Tanzania:
_bSM J Case Rep &
_b Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]
_c2018
300 _aPages 1-3
490 _aSimbauranga 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
520 _aCryptococcal 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.
700 _a SL Kivuyo
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700 _aSG Mfinanga
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700 _a TS Harrison
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700 _a R Peck
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856 _uhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rehema-Simbauranga/publication/365428244_Managing_intracranial_pressure_in_HIV_associated_cryptococcal_meningitis_saves_Life_Case_report_of_two_patients_admitted_to_a_Tanzanian_hospital/links/6374ccd22f4bca7fd0666f33/Managing-intracranial-pressure-in-HIV-associated-cryptococcal-meningitis-saves-Life-Case-report-of-two-patients-admitted-to-a-Tanzanian-hospital.pdf
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