3rd August 2023

A 32-year-old British man returning from 6 months of travel abroad is admitted to the Acute Medicine Unit with fevers and confusion.

A 32-year-old British man returning from 6 months of travel abroad is admitted to the Acute Medicine Unit with fevers and confusion. He has known HIV but has not kept on top of taking his HAART whilst abroad. A lumbar puncture is performed, and a spherical pathogen with multiple buds is identified on India Stain ink.

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