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Table 2 Results of intracranial pressure and cerebrospinal fluid examination in patients with AIDS combined with cryptococcus neoformans

From: Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of 60 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome combined with Cryptococcus neoformans

 

Projects

Group A

Group B

Intracranial pressure

>200

69.0% (20 cases)

16.7% (3 cases)

 

< 200

31.0% (9 cases)

83.3% (15 cases)

Blood

Positive cryptococcal antigen

71.9% (23 cases)

89.3% (25 cases)

 

Positive cryptococcal culture

34.4% (11 cases)

7.1% (2 cases)

Cerebrospinal fluid

Ink dyeing

72.4% (21 cases)

0

 

Positive cryptococcal antigen

79.3% (23 cases)

0

 

Positive cryptococcal culture

75.9% (22 cases)

0

Bone Marrow

Bone marrow aspiration

0.0% (0 in 3case)

0

  1. Note: Three patients in group A did not undergo lumbar puncture due to their condition, 10 patients in group B refused lumbar puncture, three patients did not complete blood cryptococcal antigen testing, and only five patients completed blood cryptococcal culture testing