Mania with cryptococcal meningitis in two AIDS patients

J Clin Psychiatry. 1988 May;49(5):200-1.

Abstract

Two AIDS patients with mania were found to have cryptococcal meningitis. In patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex, physicians must thoroughly investigate the possibility of an organically based psychiatric syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Bipolar Disorder / etiology*
  • Cryptococcosis / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis / complications*
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / etiology*
  • Opportunistic Infections / complications