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*Cryptococcus neoformans can be cultured from sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage or transbronchial lung biopsy specimen or pleural fluid or pleural biopsy specimen in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis.<ref name="pmid2225944">{{cite journal| author=Chechani V, Kamholz SL| title=Pulmonary manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis in patients with AIDS. | journal=Chest | year= 1990 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 1060-6 | pmid=2225944 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2225944 }} </ref> | *Cryptococcus neoformans can be cultured from sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage or transbronchial lung biopsy specimen or pleural fluid or pleural biopsy specimen in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis.<ref name="pmid2225944">{{cite journal| author=Chechani V, Kamholz SL| title=Pulmonary manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis in patients with AIDS. | journal=Chest | year= 1990 | volume= 98 | issue= 5 | pages= 1060-6 | pmid=2225944 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2225944 }} </ref> | ||
===CSF Analysis=== | ===CSF Analysis=== | ||
Cryptococcal meningitis may be differentiated from other causes of [[meningitis]] by [[cerebrospinal fluid]] examination as shown below:<ref name="pmid23717798">{{cite journal| author=Le Rhun E, Taillibert S, Chamberlain MC| title=Carcinomatous meningitis: Leptomeningeal metastases in solid tumors. | journal=Surg Neurol Int | year= 2013 | volume= 4 | issue= Suppl 4 | pages= S265-88 | pmid=23717798 | doi=10.4103/2152-7806.111304 | pmc=3656567 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23717798 }} </ref><ref name="pmid24326618">{{cite journal| author=Chow E, Troy SB| title=The differential diagnosis of hypoglycorrhachia in adult patients. | journal=Am J Med Sci | year= 2014 | volume= 348 | issue= 3 | pages= 186-90 | pmid=24326618 | doi=10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000217 | pmc=4065645 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24326618 }} </ref><ref name="pmid22880096">{{cite journal| author=Leen WG, Willemsen MA, Wevers RA, Verbeek MM| title=Cerebrospinal fluid glucose and lactate: age-specific reference values and implications for clinical practice. | journal=PLoS One | year= 2012 | volume= 7 | issue= 8 | pages= e42745 | pmid=22880096 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0042745 | pmc=3412827 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22880096 }} </ref><ref name="pmid10654948">{{cite journal| author=Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER| title=Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2000 | volume= 105 | issue= 2 | pages= 316-9 | pmid=10654948 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10654948 }} </ref><ref name="pmid20610819">{{cite journal| author=Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D| title=Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. | journal=Clin Microbiol Rev | year= 2010 | volume= 23 | issue= 3 | pages= 467-92 | pmid=20610819 | doi=10.1128/CMR.00070-09 | pmc=2901656 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20610819 }} </ref> | |||
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! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Bacterial meningitis}}<ref name="pmid10654948">{{cite journal| author=Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER| title=Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2000 | volume= 105 | issue= 2 | pages= 316-9 | pmid=10654948 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10654948 }} </ref> | ! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Bacterial meningitis}}<ref name="pmid10654948">{{cite journal| author=Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER| title=Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2000 | volume= 105 | issue= 2 | pages= 316-9 | pmid=10654948 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10654948 }} </ref> | ||
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Viral meningitis}}<ref name="pmid10654948">{{cite journal| author=Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER| title=Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2000 | volume= 105 | issue= 2 | pages= 316-9 | pmid=10654948 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10654948 }} </ref> | ! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Viral meningitis}}<ref name="pmid10654948">{{cite journal| author=Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER| title=Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis. | journal=Pediatrics | year= 2000 | volume= 105 | issue= 2 | pages= 316-9 | pmid=10654948 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10654948 }} </ref> | ||
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF| | ! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Cryptococcal meningitis}} | ||
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Tuberculous meningitis}}<ref name="pmid20146981">{{cite journal| author=Caudie C, Tholance Y, Quadrio I, Peysson S| title=[Contribution of CSF analysis to diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis]. | journal=Ann Biol Clin (Paris) | year= 2010 | volume= 68 | issue= 1 | pages= 107-11 | pmid=20146981 | doi=10.1684/abc.2010.0407 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20146981 }} </ref> | ! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Tuberculous meningitis}}<ref name="pmid20146981">{{cite journal| author=Caudie C, Tholance Y, Quadrio I, Peysson S| title=[Contribution of CSF analysis to diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis]. | journal=Ann Biol Clin (Paris) | year= 2010 | volume= 68 | issue= 1 | pages= 107-11 | pmid=20146981 | doi=10.1684/abc.2010.0407 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20146981 }} </ref> | ||
! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Malignant meningitis}}<ref name="pmid23717798">{{cite journal| author=Le Rhun E, Taillibert S, Chamberlain MC| title=Carcinomatous meningitis: Leptomeningeal metastases in solid tumors. | journal=Surg Neurol Int | year= 2013 | volume= 4 | issue= Suppl 4 | pages= S265-88 | pmid=23717798 | doi=10.4103/2152-7806.111304 | pmc=3656567 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23717798 }} </ref> | ! style="background: #4479BA; width: 350px;" | {{fontcolor|#FFF|Malignant meningitis}}<ref name="pmid23717798">{{cite journal| author=Le Rhun E, Taillibert S, Chamberlain MC| title=Carcinomatous meningitis: Leptomeningeal metastases in solid tumors. | journal=Surg Neurol Int | year= 2013 | volume= 4 | issue= Suppl 4 | pages= S265-88 | pmid=23717798 | doi=10.4103/2152-7806.111304 | pmc=3656567 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23717798 }} </ref> |
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Overview
Other Diagnostic studies
- India ink or fungal wet mount of CSF will demonstrate a (budding yeast).
- Mucicarmine stain provides specific staining of the polysaccharide cell wall.
- Antigen detection in CSF is useful for the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis.
- Cryptococcus neoformans can be cultured from sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage or transbronchial lung biopsy specimen or pleural fluid or pleural biopsy specimen in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis.[1]
CSF Analysis
Cryptococcal meningitis may be differentiated from other causes of meningitis by cerebrospinal fluid examination as shown below:[2][3][4][5][6]
Cerebrospinal fluid level | Normal level | Bacterial meningitis[5] | Viral meningitis[5] | Cryptococcal meningitis | Tuberculous meningitis[7] | Malignant meningitis[2] |
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Cells/ul | < 5 | >300 | 10-1000 | 10-500 | 50-500 | >4 |
Cells | Lymphocyte:Monocyte 7:3 | Granulocyte > Lymphocyte | Lymphocyte > Granulocyte | Lympho.>Granulocyte | Lymphocytes | Lymphocytes |
Total protein (mg/dl) | 45-60 | Typically 100-500 | Normal or slightly high | High | Typically 100-200 | >50 |
Glucose ratio (CSF/plasma)[3] | > 0.5 | < 0.3 | > 0.6 | <0.3 | < 0.5 | <0.5 |
Lactate (mmols/l)[4] | < 2.1 | > 2.1 | < 2.1 | >3.2 | > 2.1 | >2.1 |
Others | ICP:6-12 (cm H2O) | CSF gram stain, CSF culture, CSF bacterial antigen | PCR of HSV-DNA, VZV | CSF gram stain, CSF india ink | PCR of TBC-DNA | CSF tumor markers such as alpha fetoproteins, CEA |
Gallery
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Cryptococcosis of lung in patient with AIDS. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Cryptococcosis of lung in patient with AIDS. Mucicarmine stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Cryptococcosis of lung in patient with AIDS. Methenamine silver stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes associated with cryptococcosis of the spleen. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes associated with cryptococcosis of an adrenal gland. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes associated with cryptococcosis of an adrenal gland. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes associated with cryptococcosis of the lung using GMS stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts the histopathologic changes associated with cryptococcosis of the lung using Mucicarmine stain. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Micrograph depicts histopathologic changes due to cryptococcosis of the liver. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Cryptococcus neoformans fungi from a liver specimen, and stained using the periodic acid-Schiff staining technique (980X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Methenamine silver-stained photomicrograph of a lung lesion tissue specimen, reveals some morphology associated with the disease cryptococcosis (800X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Photomicrograph of a lung lesion tissue specimen, reveals some morphology associated with the disease cryptococcosis (800x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
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Periodic acid-Schiff-stained photomicrograph revealed some of the histopathologic details associated with a disseminated Cryptococcus sp. infection involving the liver (980x mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [8]
References
- ↑ Chechani V, Kamholz SL (1990). "Pulmonary manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis in patients with AIDS". Chest. 98 (5): 1060–6. PMID 2225944.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Le Rhun E, Taillibert S, Chamberlain MC (2013). "Carcinomatous meningitis: Leptomeningeal metastases in solid tumors". Surg Neurol Int. 4 (Suppl 4): S265–88. doi:10.4103/2152-7806.111304. PMC 3656567. PMID 23717798.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chow E, Troy SB (2014). "The differential diagnosis of hypoglycorrhachia in adult patients". Am J Med Sci. 348 (3): 186–90. doi:10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000217. PMC 4065645. PMID 24326618.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Leen WG, Willemsen MA, Wevers RA, Verbeek MM (2012). "Cerebrospinal fluid glucose and lactate: age-specific reference values and implications for clinical practice". PLoS One. 7 (8): e42745. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042745. PMC 3412827. PMID 22880096.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Negrini B, Kelleher KJ, Wald ER (2000). "Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis". Pediatrics. 105 (2): 316–9. PMID 10654948.
- ↑ Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D (2010). "Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis". Clin Microbiol Rev. 23 (3): 467–92. doi:10.1128/CMR.00070-09. PMC 2901656. PMID 20610819.
- ↑ Caudie C, Tholance Y, Quadrio I, Peysson S (2010). "[Contribution of CSF analysis to diagnosis and follow-up of tuberculous meningitis]". Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 68 (1): 107–11. doi:10.1684/abc.2010.0407. PMID 20146981.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".