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A CASE OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS COMPLICATING BOECK'S SARCOID
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Fatal MeningoencephalitisMedical MicrobiologyPulmonary PathologyPathogenesisPathologyCryptococcus NeoformansClinical InfectionInfection ControlBacterial MeningitisMedicineClinical MicrobiologyDiffuse Systemic SarcoidosisHuman Pathology
A case is presented of diffuse systemic sarcoidosis complicated by fatal meningoencephalitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in a 10-year-old child. The frequency of coincidence of diseases of the reticulo-endothelial system and infections with cryptococcus neoformans, as well as possible causes for this relationship, are discussed.