PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mansour, Adel
AU  - Sultan, Yehia
AU  - Nakhla, Isabelle
AU  - Morsy, Mosaad
AU  - Frenck, Robert W.
TI  - Fluconazole for the treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in an immunocompetent host
DP  - 2003 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 126--128
VI  - 8
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/8/2/126.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/8/2/126.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2003 Apr 01; 8
AB  - We present a case of a 23-year-old immunocompetent male who presented with chronic meningitis and was diagnosed as cryptococcal meningitis by positive cryptococcal antigen titer. The cerebrospinal fluid culture was positive for Cryptococcus neoformans. He was treated initially with amphotericin B but was later changed to fluconazole due to toxicity. This case highlights the use of fluconazole to successfully treat chronic meningitis in an immunocompetent host.