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Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation.

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McCrary, LM; Paulus, R; Melvin, JK; Perfect, J; White, BL
Published in: Med Mycol Case Rep
June 2022

Cryptococcal meningitis is a fungal central nervous infection typically occurring in patients with severe immunocompromise. We present a case of cryptococcal meningitis occurring in a patient with active injection drug use (IDU) but no immunocompromising condition. This is the seventh case in the recent literature of cryptococcal central nervous involvement in an otherwise healthy young person with IDU, suggesting a possible association in need of further exploration.

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Med Mycol Case Rep

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2211-7539

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

36

Start / End Page

35 / 36

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
 

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McCrary, L. M., Paulus, R., Melvin, J. K., Perfect, J., & White, B. L. (2022). Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation. Med Mycol Case Rep, 36, 35–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.05.002
McCrary, L Madeline, Ryan Paulus, J Kyle Melvin, John Perfect, and Becky L. White. “Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation.Med Mycol Case Rep 36 (June 2022): 35–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.05.002.
McCrary LM, Paulus R, Melvin JK, Perfect J, White BL. Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 Jun;36:35–6.
McCrary, L. Madeline, et al. “Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation.Med Mycol Case Rep, vol. 36, June 2022, pp. 35–36. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.05.002.
McCrary LM, Paulus R, Melvin JK, Perfect J, White BL. Another case of cryptococcal meningitis in a person without HIV who injects drugs: A possible risk factor in need of further investigation. Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 Jun;36:35–36.
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Published In

Med Mycol Case Rep

DOI

ISSN

2211-7539

Publication Date

June 2022

Volume

36

Start / End Page

35 / 36

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology