A 46 year old male presents with confusion and drowsiness. What is the most likely diagnosis?
belongs to book: 1700 MCQ REVISED VERSION TOPIC WISE|DR. KHALID SAIFULLAH|4th EDITION| Chapter number:8| Question number:32
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The key is A. Cryptococcus neoformans. [This type of question can be regarded as cns infection in
AIDS and some may argue there is no mention of AIDS. If you consider with immubnocompetent patient
likely answer may be HSV and if you consider immunodeficiency likely answer is controversial! as some
say toxoplasmosis as the most common and some say Cryptococcus is most common].
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