title: Fluconazole for the treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis in an immunocompetent host.
abstract: We present a case of a 23-year-old immunocompetent male who presented with chronic meningitis and was diagnosed as cryptococcal meningitis by positive cryptococcal antigen titer. The cerebrospinal fluid culture was positive for Cryptococcus neoformans. He was treated initially with amphotericin B but was later changed to fluconazole due to toxicity. This case highlights the use of fluconazole to successfully treat chronic meningitis in an immunocompetent host.
authors: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, PSC 452, Box 5000, FPO AE 09835-0007.
authors: Adel
authors: A
authors: Mansour
authors: Yehia
authors: Y
authors: Sultan
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: Nakhla
authors: Mosaad
authors: M
authors: Morsy
authors: Robert W
authors: RW
authors: Frenck