Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole
A 37-year-old woman with a cadaveric renal allotransplantation required intra-cranial shunting devices after a presumptive episode of tuberculous meningitis. Six months later, she developed a culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis. Without having her ventriculo-auricular shunt removed, she was succe...
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| description | A 37-year-old woman with a cadaveric renal allotransplantation required intra-cranial shunting devices after a presumptive episode of tuberculous meningitis. Six months later, she developed a culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis. Without having her ventriculo-auricular shunt removed, she was successfully treated with a short course of amphotericin B (335 mg) and flucytosine (nine days) followed by prolonged therapy with oral fluconazole (400 mg daily for 72 days). Three years post treatment she had no evidence of relapse, and normal renal graft function. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0388b036c0574dc2a931aa6a70ce9a472025-02-03T06:13:16ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321993-01-014422722810.1155/1993/262037Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazoleDaniel Eymard0François Lebel1Department of Microbiology and Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Microbiology and Medicine, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaA 37-year-old woman with a cadaveric renal allotransplantation required intra-cranial shunting devices after a presumptive episode of tuberculous meningitis. Six months later, she developed a culture-proven cryptococcal meningitis. Without having her ventriculo-auricular shunt removed, she was successfully treated with a short course of amphotericin B (335 mg) and flucytosine (nine days) followed by prolonged therapy with oral fluconazole (400 mg daily for 72 days). Three years post treatment she had no evidence of relapse, and normal renal graft function.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/262037 |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Eymard François Lebel Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole |
| title_full | Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole |
| title_fullStr | Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole |
| title_short | Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole |
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