Purulent meningitis due to aspergillosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

M Lammens; W Robberecht; M Waer; H Carton; R Dom

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(92)90117-l

Purulent meningitis due to aspergillosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1992;94(1):39-43. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90117-l.

Authors

M Lammens¹, W Robberecht, M Waer, H Carton, R Dom

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuropathology, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, KUL, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 1321697
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(92)90117-l

Abstract

We report a 39-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus under immunosuppressive therapy who developed persistent neutrophilic meningitis, for which no infectious agent could be identified. Intensifying the immunosuppressive therapy induced a short amelioration of the clinical picture. At autopsy, basal meningitis was found to be due to Aspergillus sp.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
Aspergillosis / pathology
Aspergillus / ultrastructure
Brain / pathology
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
Cerebral Infarction / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Fungal / pathology
Neurologic Examination
Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis*
Opportunistic Infections / pathology
Pseudotumor Cerebri / diagnosis
Pseudotumor Cerebri / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed