Ventriculitis due to Cryptococcus uniguttulatus

Authors
McCurdy, LH Morrow, JD
Citation
Lh. Mccurdy et Jd. Morrow, Ventriculitis due to Cryptococcus uniguttulatus, SOUTH MED J, 94(1), 2001, pp. 65-66
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00384348 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
65 - 66
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(200101)94:1<65:VDTCU>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Infections due to non-neoformans cryptococci are rare. We report the first case of a human infection caused by Cryptococcus uniguttulatus. Ventriculit is caused by this organism developed in a 65-year-old woman who had had rep air of an internal carotid aneurysm. In vitro sensitivity testing showed th e Cryptococcus species sensitive to amphotericin B and itraconazole, Treatm ent with amphotericin led to resolution of the infection.