Fifty year-old man with headache and confusion.
- HIV test results are pending.
- Treatment and outcome:
- Diflucan for the Cyptoccocal meningitis
- There had been only marginal improvement in the
patient's condition by the time the video tape was sent home.
HIV disease and its CNS complications are all but
ubiquitous in Kenya.
- Cryptococcal meningitis
- CNS tuberculosis
- CNS Toxoplasmosis
- HIV encephalopathy
- CNS lymphomas
- Hypoxia secondary HIV related pneumonias
The next patient is a 30
year-old woman with fever, headache and confusion.
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