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ArticleJournal of global infectious diseases

Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia Presenting as Cryptococcal Meningitis.

Preet Mukesh Shah, Ankita Prashant Hingolikar, Shruti Tandan, Vijay Waman Dhakre

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Article in Journal of global infectious diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Preet Mukesh ShahDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, United Kingdom.
Ankita Prashant HingolikarDepartment of General Medicine, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Shruti TandanDepartment of Critical Care, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Vijay Waman DhakreDepartment of General Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Jaslok Hospital · INLokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College · INPinderfields Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 54-year-old male presented to our center with a 3-month history of headache, giddiness, and blurring of vision. Cerebrospinal fluid examination revealed him to be having cryptococcal meningitis. He was worked up for probable causes of immunosuppression including HIV and other infections and had an autoimmune profile as well as a bone marrow examination, none of which revealed any abnormality. Lymphocyte flow cytometry revealed low counts of CD4 T lymphocytes, likely secondary to idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia. He was treated for cryptococcal meningitis. Due to marked immunosuppression, the disease progressed rapidly with deterioration in neurological and hemodynamic status, leading to his demise.

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Case reportCD4 T-cellcryptococcal meningitisflow cytometryidiopathic lymphocytopenia

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PMID33911456
PMCPMC8054789
OpenAlexW3126465021

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