TY - JOUR
T1 - Fatal Cryptococcus gattii meningitis with negative cryptococcal antigen test in a HIV-non-infected patient
AU - Eshwara, Vandana
AU - Garg, Rahul
AU - Chandrashekhar, G.
AU - Shaw, Tushar
AU - Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Cryptococcus gattii predominantly causes central nervous system and pulmonary infection in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with substantial morbidity. We report a case of rapidly fatal meningitis by C. gattii in an HIV-non-infected man with CD4 lymphopenia who tested negative for cryptococcal antigen. This case may serve as an alert to its wider occurrence and less explored risk factors.
AB - Cryptococcus gattii predominantly causes central nervous system and pulmonary infection in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients with substantial morbidity. We report a case of rapidly fatal meningitis by C. gattii in an HIV-non-infected man with CD4 lymphopenia who tested negative for cryptococcal antigen. This case may serve as an alert to its wider occurrence and less explored risk factors.
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U2 - 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_164
DO - 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_18_164
M3 - Article
C2 - 30429403
AN - SCOPUS:85056665150
SN - 0255-0857
VL - 36
SP - 439
EP - 440
JO - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
JF - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
IS - 3
ER -
