[Paracoccidioidomycosis meningitis: case report].
The involvement of the central nervous system in paracoccidioidomycosis and its meningeal form of clinical presentation have rarely been described. This is a case report of a 23 years old man who developed paracoccidioidomycosis meningitis achieved by fungus' presence in direct research and culture of cerebrospinal fluid. The meningeal form of paracoccidioidomycosis, its laboratorial and imaging diagnostic are discussed, and the importance of the routine investigation of the fungus is emphasized.
Lorenzoni
Paulo Jos
PJ
Hospital Univesitário, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil. pjlorenzoni@bol.com.br
Chang
Marilene Rodrigues
MR
Paniago
Anamaria Mello Miranda
AM
Salgado
Pedro Rippel
PR
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016921:Meningitis, Fungal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed