Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
8-6-2008
Publication Source
South African Medical Journal
Volume
98
Issue
9
Start Page
724
Abstract
We retrospectively reviewed microbiology data from a tertiary care hospital in Botswana and found that Cryptococcus neoformans was cultured from 15% (193/1307) of all cerebrospinal (CSF) fluid specimens submitted for analysis, making it the most common diagnosed cause of meningitis in this population. Moreover, almost 70% of CSF samples with significant lymphocytosis did not yield a pathogen, suggesting that many causes of lymphocytic meningitis are going undiagnosed.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Work published in the journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial 3.0 Unported Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0). It was originally published at http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/1485
Keywords
cryptococcus, epidemiology, opportunistic infections
Recommended Citation
Bisson, Gregory P.; Lukes, John; Mtoni, Isaac; and MacGregor, Rob Roy, "Cryptococcus and Lymphocytic Meningitis in Botswana" (2008). Botswana-UPenn Scholarly Publications. 12.
https://repository.upenn.edu/botswana_schol/12
Date Posted: 29 July 2014
This document has been peer reviewed.