Successful lumbarperitoneal derivation during refractory intracranial pressure due to cryptococcal meningitis, in an HIV-negative patient

Med Mal Infect. 2008 May;38(5):285-6. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.03.003. Epub 2008 May 1.

Authors

F Lanternier, M Lecuit, O Lortholary, T Roujeau, D Renier, M-E Bougnoux

PMID: 18455341
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.03.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification
Fluconazole / therapeutic use*
HIV Seronegativity
Humans
Immunocompetence
Intracranial Hypertension / drug therapy
Intracranial Hypertension / microbiology*
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Fluconazole