Case report: a special case of cryptococcal infection-related inflammatory syndrome in a non-HIV infected and non-transplant patient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is a severe infection of central nervous system with high mortality and morbidity. Infection-related inflammatory syndrome is a rare complication of CM. Herein, we report a case of CM complicated by infection-related inflammatory syndrome.

Case presentation

A 42-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B presented with a 3-day history of aphasia and left hemiparesis at an outside medical facility. The brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed symmetric and confluent hyperintense signal abnormalities mainly located in the basal ganglia, internal capsule, external capsule, periventricular, corona radiata, frontal and temporal lobes. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations revealed elevated leukocyte and protein. India ink staining

SUBMITTER: Su XH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258111 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature