Literature DB >> 22675017

Chronic meningitis: a diagnostic challenge highlighted in a case of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in an apparently immunocompetent older woman.

Chirag Patel1, Ramila Rabindra, Nima Hashemi, Michael Ward, Jayamalathy Mannar Mannan.   

Abstract

Chronic meningitis can be difficult to diagnose. The authors report the case of an older Caucasian lady, with no underlying immunocompromising factors, who presented with a 2 month history of confusion. Due to the non-specific symptoms on presentation, a diagnosis was only obtained after a repeat CT scan of the brain, which showed hydrocephalus. Subsequent cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed biochemical abnormalities and Cryptococcus neoformans on staining.

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Year:  2011        PMID： 22675017      PMCID： PMC3207775          DOI： 10.1136/bcr.08.2011.4724

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  BMJ Case Rep        ISSN： 1757-790X


  12 in total

1.  Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent patients: changing trends in Canada.

Authors:  Jennifer Bestard; Zaeem A Siddiqi
Journal:  Neurology       Date:  2010-04-13       Impact factor: 9.910

2.  Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis and pulmonary nodule in a non-HIV-infected immunocompetent patient.

Authors:  José Roberto Lambertucci; Ricardo Franco; Leonardo Campos de Queiroz
Journal:  Rev Soc Bras Med Trop       Date:  2005-03-30       Impact factor: 1.581

3.  [Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent schoolchildren].

Authors:  José Guevara-Campos; Lucía González-Guevara; José Urbéz-Cano; Soledad Fermín
Journal:  Invest Clin       Date:  2009-06       Impact factor: 0.683

4.  Cryptococcal choroid plexitis: rare imaging findings of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent individual.

Authors:  R Kumari; M Raval; A Dhun
Journal:  Br J Radiol       Date:  2010-01       Impact factor: 3.039

Review 5.  Cryptococcal disease of the CNS in immunocompetent hosts: influence of cryptococcal variety on clinical manifestations and outcome.

Authors:  D H Mitchell; T C Sorrell; A M Allworth; C H Heath; A R McGregor; K Papanaoum; M J Richards; T Gottlieb
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  1995-03       Impact factor: 9.079

6.  A prospective descriptive study of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV uninfected patients in Vietnam - high prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans var grubii in the absence of underlying disease.

Authors:  Tran Th Chau; Nguyen H Mai; Nguyen H Phu; Ho D Nghia; Ly V Chuong; Dinh X Sinh; Van A Duong; Pham T Diep; James I Campbell; Stephen Baker; Tran T Hien; David G Lalloo; Jeremy J Farrar; Jeremy N Day
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2010-07-09       Impact factor: 3.090

7.  [Cryptococcus neoformans meningoencephalitis among apparently immunocompetent patients: description of two cases].

Authors:  A Carniato; P G Scotton; A M Miotti; C Mengoli
Journal:  Infez Med       Date:  2009-03

8.  Tuberculous meningitis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Authors:  J Berenguer; S Moreno; F Laguna; T Vicente; M Adrados; A Ortega; J González-LaHoz; E Bouza
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  1992-03-05       Impact factor: 91.245

Review 9.  Chronic and recurrent meningitis.

Authors:  L Ginsberg; D Kidd
Journal:  Pract Neurol       Date:  2008-12

Review 10.  Hyponatremia in critically ill neurological patients.

Authors:  Alejandro A Rabinstein; Eelco F M Wijdicks
Journal:  Neurologist       Date:  2003-11       Impact factor: 1.398
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  2 in total

1.  Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome following Cryptococcal neoformans infection in an immunocompetent host: A case report and review of the literature.

Authors:  Raguharan Kathiresu; Syeda Nabila Zinat; Malindu Fernando
Journal:  IDCases       Date:  2020-01-09

2.  Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Authors:  Dan Zimelewicz Oberman; Liliana Patrucco; Carolina Cuello Oderiz
Journal:  Diseases       Date:  2018-08-31
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