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Acute vision loss in post-partum period as presenting symptom of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis–an unusual case report

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2016
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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Title
Acute vision loss in post-partum period as presenting symptom of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis–an unusual case report
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12879-016-1925-0
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Authors

Aniruddha More, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar, Ravi Uniyal

Abstract

Acute vision loss in the post-partum period can occur due to many reasons. Eclampsia, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), pituitary apoplexy, and central serous retinopathy are some of the important causes. Cryptococcal meningitis as a cause of acute vision loss in the post-partum period has not been mentioned in literature. A 25-year-old female presented to us with acute bilateral complete vision loss in the post-partum period. Her serum was tested positive for HIV antibodies. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination revealed cryptococcal meningitis. She was started on amphotericin B, antiretroviral drugs, and steroids. Though symptoms of meningitis resolved after treatment no significant improvement in vision was observed at 3 months. Cryptococcal meningitis may be considered as one of the causes of acute vision loss in pregnant/post-partum females with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 29 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 12 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 31%
Unspecified 1 3%
Environmental Science 1 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Mathematics 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 14 48%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 December 2016.
All research outputs
#2,625,894
of 24,677,985 outputs
Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#806
of 8,275 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#44,315
of 321,911 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#27
of 224 outputs
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