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Review Case Reports
Meningitis caused by Filobasidium uniguttulatum: case report and overview of the literature.
- Weihua Pan, Wanqing Liao, Ferry Hagen, Bart Theelen, Weimin Shi, Jacques F Meis, and Teun Boekhout.
- National Laboratory of Cryptococcus neoformans, Department of Dermatology, Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. panweihua@medmail.com.cn
- Mycoses. 2012 Mar 1; 55 (2): 105-9.
AbstractCryptococcal meningitis is mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, but occasionally other Cryptococcus species and phylogenetically related species are involved. Herein, we present a case of cryptococcal meningitis from China, which was caused by an azole and flucytosine resistant Filobasidium uniguttulatum. In addition, we present an overview of the literature of meningitis caused by Cryptococcus species other than C. neoformans and C. gattii. Eight cases were related to infections of the central nervous system. Leukaemia and cancer were important risk factors in HIV-negative patients. Molecular identification and susceptibility testing are important for proper management of patients because the species involved may differ in susceptibility to antifungal drugs.© 2011 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.
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