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Descriptor English: Meningitis, Cryptococcal
Descriptor Spanish: Meningitis Criptocócica
Descriptor meningitis criptocócica
Entry term(s) criptococosis cerebral granulosa
meningitis por criptococos
toruloma
Scope note: Inflamación de las meninges producida por CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, una levadura encapsulada que tiende a infectar a individuos que padecen el SÍNDROME DE INMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA y otros estados de inmunodeficiencia. El microorganismo entra en el cuerpo a través de las vías respiratorias, pero la infección sintomática suele limitarse a los pulmones y al sistema nervioso. El microorganismo puede producir también lesiones del parénquima cerebral (torulomas). Se puede manifestar clínicamente por CEFALEAS, NÁUSEAS, FOTOFOBIA, déficit neurológico focal, CONVULSIONES, neuropatías craneales e HIDROCEFALIA, siendo el curso subagudo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Meningite Criptocócica
Descriptor French: Méningite cryptococcique
Entry term(s): Cerebral Cryptococcoses
Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous
Cerebral Cryptococcosis
Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous
Cryptococcal Meningitides
Cryptococcal Meningitis
Cryptococcoses, Cerebral
Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral
Cryptococcosis, Cerebral
Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral
Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses
Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis
Meningitides, Cryptococcal
Toruloma
Torulomas
Tree number(s): C01.150.703.181.500.500
C01.150.703.248.290
C01.207.198.500.500
C10.228.228.198.500.500
C10.586.625.300.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016919
Scope note: 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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cryptococcosis (1967-1991)
Meningitis (1967-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 1992
History Note: 1992
Related: Cranial Nerve Diseases MeSH
DeCS ID: 29988
Unique ID: D016919
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/30
Revision Date: 2015/07/01
Meningitis, Cryptococcal - Preferred
Concept UI M0025746
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Meningitis, Cryptococcal
Entry term(s) Cryptococcal Meningitides
Cryptococcal Meningitis
Meningitides, Cryptococcal
Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335658
Preferred term Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis
Entry term(s) Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous
Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous
Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral
Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral
Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses
Toruloma
Torulomas
Cerebral Cryptococcosis - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0335659
Preferred term Cerebral Cryptococcosis
Entry term(s) Cerebral Cryptococcoses
Cryptococcoses, Cerebral
Cryptococcosis, Cerebral



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