Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia

Central Nervous System (CNS) vasculitis is the most common life-threatening complication of coccidioidal meningitis. It is manifested by cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, and infarction. We report a case of CNS vasculitis in a patient receiving chemotherapy and review of the literature on coccidioidal...

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Autores principales: Tager, Dany, Hatch, Anne, Segar, Jennifer, Roller, Brentin, Al Mohajer, Mayar, Zangeneh, Tirdad T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5374848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.003
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author Tager, Dany
Hatch, Anne
Segar, Jennifer
Roller, Brentin
Al Mohajer, Mayar
Zangeneh, Tirdad T.
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Hatch, Anne
Segar, Jennifer
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description Central Nervous System (CNS) vasculitis is the most common life-threatening complication of coccidioidal meningitis. It is manifested by cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, and infarction. We report a case of CNS vasculitis in a patient receiving chemotherapy and review of the literature on coccidioidal meningitis. The patient was treated with combination antifungal therapy and a short course of high dose corticosteroids with a modest improvement in her neurological examination after initiation of steroids.
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spelling pubmed-53748482017-04-06 Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia Tager, Dany Hatch, Anne Segar, Jennifer Roller, Brentin Al Mohajer, Mayar Zangeneh, Tirdad T. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Central Nervous System (CNS) vasculitis is the most common life-threatening complication of coccidioidal meningitis. It is manifested by cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, and infarction. We report a case of CNS vasculitis in a patient receiving chemotherapy and review of the literature on coccidioidal meningitis. The patient was treated with combination antifungal therapy and a short course of high dose corticosteroids with a modest improvement in her neurological examination after initiation of steroids. Elsevier 2017-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5374848/ /pubmed/28386527 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.003 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Tager, Dany
Hatch, Anne
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Al Mohajer, Mayar
Zangeneh, Tirdad T.
Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
title Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
title_full Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
title_fullStr Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
title_short Coccidioidal meningitis complicated by central nervous system vasculitis in a patient with leukemia
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5374848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28386527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.03.003
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