Cryptococcal meningitis. Cure despite cryptococcemia.
Cure of cryptococcal meningitis accompanied by cryptococcemia was achieved with amphotericin B therapy. Cryptococcal meningitis is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, especially when accompanied by evidence of extraneural infection. Experience with the patient reported suggests that associated cryptococcemia is not invariably associated with treatment failure.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology
D000666:Amphotericin B