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Neuroinvasive Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Negative Spinal Fluid Cryptococcus Antigen

  • Garcia-Santibanez R
  • Gill V
  • Yancovitz S
  • et al.
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (2015) 2015 1-3
DOI: 10.1155/2015/857539
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Abstract

58-year-old man presented with headache, nausea, vomiting, and gait disturbance. Brain MRI showed meningeal enhancement and herniation. Serum Cryptococcus antigen was positive but spinal fluid antigen and cultures were negative. A cerebellar biopsy revealed nonencapsulated Cryptococcus . He completed antifungal therapy. Serum Cryptococcus antigen titer decreased. He had a full neurological recovery.

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Garcia-Santibanez, R. C., Gill, V., Yancovitz, S., & Pyburn, D. (2015). Neuroinvasive Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Negative Spinal Fluid Cryptococcus Antigen. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2015, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/857539

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