MANIC EPISODE SECONDARY TO CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY ADULT

Authors
JOHNSON FYA NARAQI S
Citation
Fya. Johnson et S. Naraqi, MANIC EPISODE SECONDARY TO CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS IN A PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY ADULT, Papua New Guinea medical journal, 36(1), 1993, pp. 59-62
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Papua New Guinea medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311480
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
59 - 62
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1480(1993)36:1<59:MESTCM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A case of a manic episode secondary to cryptococcal meningitis is repo rted. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common cause of chronic meni ngitis in adults in Papua New Guinea and may rarely present with featu res of functional psychosis. Laboratory investigations on the cerebros pinal fluid such as the India ink smear and fungal culture for the det ection of the organism and the latex agglutination test to detect the cryptococcal antigen are invaluable aids for making the correct diagno sis.