Transverse Myelitis Associated with Cryptococcus neoformans in an Immunocompetent Patient

Table 2

Case comparison.

First author	Villafuerte	Qu	Gultasli	Su	Grosse	Ramamurthi	Skultety	Lai
Country	USA	China	Turkey	Taiwan	Germany	India	USA	Taiwan
Age	44	55	47	Not reported	24	17	60	60
Sex	Male	Male	Male	Not reported	Female	Female	Male	Male
Back pain	Yes	No	No	Not reported	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not reported
LE weakness	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not reported	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Urinary disorder	Yes	Yes	No	Not reported	Yes	No	Yes	Not reported
LE numbness	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not reported	Yes	No	Yes	Not reported
CSF glucose	Low	Normal	Not reported	Not reported	Normal	Normal	Unknown	Not reported
CSF cytology	Lymphocyte	Monocyte	Not reported	Not reported	No pleocytosis	No pleocytosis	Unknown	Not reported
Initial ICP	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	80 mm	Unknown	Not reported
Species on culture	neoformans	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	neoformans	neoformans	Unknown	Not reported
Initial MRI changes	Cervical and thoracic	Thoracic	Thoracic	Not reported	Thoracic and lumbar	Thoracic	No MRI	Thoracic