RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fluconazole for the treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in an immunocompetent host
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 126
OP 128
VO 8
IS 2
A1 Adel Mansour
A1 Yehia Sultan
A1 Isabelle Nakhla
A1 Mosaad Morsy
A1 Robert W. Frenck, Jr
YR 2003
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/8/2/126.abstract
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.