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A case report of a Brain herniation secondary to cryptococcal meningitis with elevated intracranial pressure in a patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( HIV/AIDS).
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  • Nehemias Guevara,
  • Abdrasheed Akande,
  • Mailing Flores,
  • Jane Atallah,
  • Carol Epstein
Nehemias Guevara
St Barnabas Hospital

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Abdrasheed Akande
St Barnabas Hospital
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Mailing Flores
St Barnabas Hospital
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Jane Atallah
St Barnabas Hospital
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Carol Epstein
St Barnabas Hospital
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Abstract

Cryptococcal meningitis is a major opportunistic infection in individuals with HIV. 36-year-old male with a past medical history of AIDSpresented with altered mental status, lumbar puncture performed showed elevated CSF opening pressure of 29 cmH2O and positive CSF and serum cryptococcal antigen, developed seizure, and posterior brain herniation.
26 May 2022Submitted to Clinical Case Reports
27 May 2022Submission Checks Completed
27 May 2022Assigned to Editor
02 Jun 2022Reviewer(s) Assigned
25 Jun 2022Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
25 Jun 2022Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
2022Published in IDCases volume 29 on pages e01554. 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01554