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| Preferred Name | cryptococcal meningitis | |
| Synonyms |
Cryptococcal meningitis (disorder) Cryptococcal meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans infectious meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans caused infectious meningitis Meningitis, Cryptococcal |
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| Definitions |
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) A cryptococcosis that results_in inflammation located_in meninges, has_material_basis_in Cryptococcus neoformans and has_symptom headache, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom staggering gait, has_symptom dementia, has_symptom blurred vision and has_symptom confusion. |
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0007228 |
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SCTID:14232007 DOID:0080159 MeSH:D016919 NCIT:C174113 UMLS:C0085436 MEDGEN:88410 MESH:D016919 MedDRA:10011487 MONDO:0005723 DOID:12052 ICD9:321.0
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| definition |
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) A cryptococcosis that results_in inflammation located_in meninges, has_material_basis_in Cryptococcus neoformans and has_symptom headache, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom staggering gait, has_symptom dementia, has_symptom blurred vision and has_symptom confusion.
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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0007228 http://identifiers.org/medgen/88410 http://identifiers.org/snomedct/14232007 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0080159 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0085436 |
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Cryptococcal meningitis (disorder) Cryptococcal meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans infectious meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans caused infectious meningitis Meningitis, Cryptococcal
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EFO:0007228
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo#rare |
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| label |
cryptococcal meningitis
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| notation |
EFO:0007228
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| preferred label |
cryptococcal meningitis
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cryptococcal meningitis
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| term editor |
Sirarat Sarntivijai
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