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Chronic cryptococcal meningitis in an intravenous drug addict without evidence of infection by HIV-1,2 in southern Italy

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Before the emergence of AIDS, extra-pulmonary cryptococcosis was very rare. By contrast, meningeal cryptococcosis is a very common opportunistic infection in AIDS patients. We report an intravenous drug addict with cryptococcal meningitis, who was not infected with HIV and had no apparent predisposing conditions. This case, as those elsewhere described, supports the potential existence of viral agents, other than HIV-1,2, capable of encouraging the occurrence of unusual infections as have emerged during the AIDS pandemic.

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  1. Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, Italy

    L. Monno, G. Angarano, S. Coppola & S. Carbonara

  2. Istituto di Igiene dell'Università Policlinio, Piazza G. Cesare 11, I-70124, Bari, Italy

    M. T. Montagna & A. Bellisario

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Monno, L., Angarano, G., Montagna, M.T. et al. Chronic cryptococcal meningitis in an intravenous drug addict without evidence of infection by HIV-1,2 in southern Italy. Eur J Epidemiol 10, 773–774 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01719297

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