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Fifty year-old man with headache and confusion.
Lab
values
- Blood count
- HGB = 15.4 gm%
- WBC = 3,900/cumm
- Plts = 155,000/cumm
- Smear + for malaria
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- CSF analysis
- Glucose decreased
- Protein elevated
- Gram stain negative
- India ink + for Cryptoccocus
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Outcome and special test.
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