Dementia and Myoclonus in a Case of Cryptococcal Encephalitis

1 February 1984

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology

Vol. 41 (2) , 216-217
https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1984.04050140118040

Abstract

• Dementia and generalized myoclonic jerks were the only neurologic features in a patient with cryptococcal encephalitis. Despite the presence of numerous budding yeasts identified as Cryptococcus neoformans in the CSF, there was no inflammatory reaction. Protein and glucose levels were normal, with no pleocytosis.

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