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- Title
Successful Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis with Amphotericin B in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
- Authors
Jiang, S.; Lei, T.-C.; Xu, S.-Z.
- Abstract
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased susceptibility to bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infections. Cryptococcal infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare but often fatal complication of SLE. Here, we describe a case of cryptococcal meningitis in a female patient with active SLE, who was successfully treated with amphotericin B. This case suggests that the clinical findings of SLE patients with cryptococcal meningitis are non-specific and misleading, and early use of amphotericin B has a good response.
- Subjects
MENINGITIS treatment; AMPHOTERICIN B; DISEASE susceptibility; CRYPTOCOCCACEAE; CENTRAL nervous system diseases
- Publication
West Indian Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 1, p222
- ISSN
0043-3144
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.7727/wimj.2014.352