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.