J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2008 Nov;26(4):393-396.
A Case of Candidal Meningoencephalitis in a Previously Healthy Adult
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- 1Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. sjlee@med.yu.ac.kr
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- A 19-year-old previously healthy man presented with headache, vomiting and fever at a regional hospital. He was diagnosed as neurocysticercosis due to a small ring enhancing lesion in MRI, and received albendazole and dexamethasone. However, follow-up MRI revealed multiple nodular enhancing granulomas. After referral to our hospital, Candida species grew in the CSF culture. Candida species must be kept in mind as a cause of meningitis even in a healthy adult without predisposing factors for candidal infection.
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