A CASE REPORT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

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SASAN MOHAMMAD SAEED; DONYADIDEH NAHID; ALBORZI ABDOLVAHAB

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Journal: MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Year:2012 | Volume:55 | Issue:3 Page(s): 190-194

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A CASE REPORT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

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SASAN MOHAMMAD SAEED | DONYADIDEH NAHID | ALBORZI ABDOLVAHAB | Issue Writer Certificate

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CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANSQ3

CHILDRENQ3

MENINGITISQ3

Abstract

Introduction:Fungi are rare causes of MENINGITIS. CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS is the most common cause of fungal MENINGITIS. Although MENINGITIS is the most common form of cryptococcal disease but cryptococcal infection almost always originates from lung.Case report:We present a 13-year-old boy with sarcoidosis that developed fever, headache and vomiting He was hospitalized and treated with clinical diagnosis of acute bacterial MENINGITIS, However, the treatment was not effevtive and due to hydrocephalus in brain CT, anti-TB therapy was initiated. Finally both CSF the culture and smear tested positive for CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, and the patient was successfully treated by Amphotricin and then fluconazol in a period of one year.Conclusion: In differential diagnosis of aseptic MENINGITIS and hydrocephalus, CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS must be considered in adition to TB MENINGITIS.

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SASAN, MOHAMMAD SAEED, DONYADIDEH, NAHID, & ALBORZI, ABDOLVAHAB. (2012). A CASE REPORT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 55(3), 190-194. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/51288/en

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SASAN MOHAMMAD SAEED, DONYADIDEH NAHID, ALBORZI ABDOLVAHAB. A CASE REPORT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2012;55(3):190-194. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/51288/en

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MOHAMMAD SAEED SASAN, NAHID DONYADIDEH, and ABDOLVAHAB ALBORZI, “A CASE REPORT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS,” MEDICAL JOURNAL OF MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 190–194, 2012, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/51288/en

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