Table 1.
Laboratory diagnosis for cryptococcosis.
Samples | CSF | Blood (Blood Culture) |
Urine | Total | Positivity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n° % | n° % | n°% | 100 | ||
20 76.92 | 4 15.38 | 27.7 | 26 | ||
(+) (−) | (+) (−) | (+) (−) | |||
Tests | |||||
DE | 20 0 | 4 0 | 0 0 | 24 | 100% |
Culture | 20 0 | 4 0 | 0 0 | 24 | 100% |
Cryptolatex | 0 0 | 0 0 | 1 1 | 2 | 50% |
DE—direct examination; n°—Number; %—Percentage.