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Yoshiaki Takahashi1, Nobutoshi Morimoto1, Motonori Takamiya1
1Department of Neurology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Kagawa, Japan.
Abstract:
We report a 55-year-old man with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis who showed refractory deterioration twice with an increased cerebrospinal fluid cryptococcal antigen titer during the course of treatment. Although the initial deterioration was temporarily improved by placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, he experienced deterioration again. However, he improved after administration of systemic corticosteroids. The present case suggests that systemic corticosteroid can be a choice of treatment to rescue immunocompetent patients with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis and severe deterioration, even if cerebrospinal fluid analysis shows an increased cryptococcal antigen titer.
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