Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia

Description

Central Nervous System (CNS) vasculitis is the most common life-threatening complication of coccidioidal meningitis. It is manifested by cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, and infarction. We report a case of CNS vasculitis in a patient receiving chemotherapy and review of the literature on coccidioidal meningitis. The patient was treated with combination antifungal therapy and a short course of high dose corticosteroids with a modest improvement in her neurological examination after initiation of steroids.

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1. Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia 2017, 16:8 Medical Mycology Case Reports
2. 22117539
3. 28386527
4. 10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.003
5. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625216
6. http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/625216
7. Medical Mycology Case Reports

Tags

Coccidioidal meningitis

Fungal meningitis

Steroid

Cerebral vasculitis

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/625216
Date	06 1900
Creators	Tager, Dany, Hatch, Anne, Segar, Jennifer, Roller, Brentin, Al Mohajer, Mayar, Zangeneh, Tirdad T.
Contributors	Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Univ Arizona, Dept Neurol, Banner Univ Med Ctr, Univ Arizona, Dept Med, Banner Univ Med Ctr, Univ Arizona, Dept Med, Banner Univ Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis
Publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Source Sets	University of Arizona
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Article
Rights	© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.
Relation	http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211753917300106