title: Latex agglutination test negative cryptococcal meningitis in an immuno-competent individual: a case report.
abstract: We report a case with progressive mental deterioration and persistent low grade fever, who was diagnosed to have cryptococcal meningitis. This case is unique in that the cryptococcal latex agglutination antigen test was consecutively negative. The diagnosis was made by sequential CSF culture.
authors.affiliation: Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine