title: Cryptococcoma unresponsive to antifungal treatment in a 63-year-old non-HIV-infected male.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection mainly due to Cryptococcus neoformans which has become increasingly prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The majority of patients with disseminated infection are immunocompromised due to AIDS, prolonged treatment with corticosteroids, organ transplantation, or malignancy. Invasive cryptococcal infection is rare in healthy immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of cerebral cryptococcoma in a previously healthy individual with development of meningitis and multiple intracerebral lesions in spite of persistently negative cultures and refractory to conventional antifungal therapy. The diagnosis was confirmed by two independent anatomopathological examinations.
authors.affiliation: Department of infectious diseases, Universitair ziekenhuis Gent, De Pintelaan 185. yerma.coppens@ugent.be
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coppens
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kalala
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Roost
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van den Broecke
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vogelaers
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017211:Treatment Failure