title: Blastomycotic meningitis.
abstract: A difficult and tragic case of central nervous system blastomycosis is presented as the basis for a review of the diagnostic criteria required to establish this diagnosis and to present a scheme for the diagnosis and therapy of chronic meningitis. The diagnosis in our case was complicated by preexisting inadequately treated tuberculosis; a prepontine mass; and a cervical intradural, extramedullary, circumferential mass. This exceptional case of chronic basilar meningitis with cervical myelopathy was caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery