TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CRYPTOCOCCOSIS: A REVIEW AND REPORT OF FOUR CASES TREATED WITH ACTIDIONE
Authors: C A CARTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 July 1952TREATMENT OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CRYPTOCOCCOSIS: A REVIEW AND REPORT OF FOUR CASES TREATED WITH ACTIDIONECHARLES A. CARTON, M.D.CHARLES A. CARTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-37-1-123 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn a previous review,9the morbidity and mortality of cryptococcosis were discussed. It was shown that infection with the cryptococcus was usually fatal. Of approximately 220 published cases of the disease, 33 cases were alive at the time of their respective reports. Nineteen of these did not have central nervous system disease and, of this group, 13 appeared to have been completely cured; these included bone, scalp, skin, lung and nasopharyngeal lesions. 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