CASE-REPORT - CANDIDA MENINGITIS WITH AN INTRADURAL FILLING DEFECT 1 YEAR AFTER CANDIDEMIA

Authors
SARMIENTO R HOLUBKA J KHATIB R
Citation
R. Sarmiento et al., CASE-REPORT - CANDIDA MENINGITIS WITH AN INTRADURAL FILLING DEFECT 1 YEAR AFTER CANDIDEMIA, The American journal of the medical sciences, 307(2), 1994, pp. 115-118
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The American journal of the medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029629
Volume
307
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
115 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9629(1994)307:2<115:C-CMWA>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Candida albicans meningitis developed in a 55-year-old diabetic female , 1 year after catheter-associated candidemia. It was characterized by a protracted course, lack of meningeal signs, and the presence of an intradural filling defect within the caudal canal. Complete resolution of this filling defect with antifungal therapy implies that it probab ly represented an inflammatory mass. The development of meningitis aft er self-limiting candidemia and similar intradural filling defects hav e not been reported previously.