Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient

Coccidioides sp. and Treponema pallidum can both cause infections of the central nervous system if untreated. We describe a case of an immunocompetent patient living in an endemic region for Coccidioides who presented with headaches and diplopia and was found to have co-infection of coccidioidal men...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jani M., Sivasubramanian, Geetha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.002
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description Coccidioides sp. and Treponema pallidum can both cause infections of the central nervous system if untreated. We describe a case of an immunocompetent patient living in an endemic region for Coccidioides who presented with headaches and diplopia and was found to have co-infection of coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis. We highlight the importance of evaluation for CNS co-infections as they may be underdiagnosed, especially in endemic areas for coccidioidomycosis.
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spelling pubmed-84084232021-09-03 Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient Kim, Jani M. Sivasubramanian, Geetha Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Coccidioides sp. and Treponema pallidum can both cause infections of the central nervous system if untreated. We describe a case of an immunocompetent patient living in an endemic region for Coccidioides who presented with headaches and diplopia and was found to have co-infection of coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis. We highlight the importance of evaluation for CNS co-infections as they may be underdiagnosed, especially in endemic areas for coccidioidomycosis. Elsevier 2021-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8408423/ /pubmed/34485045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.002 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient
title Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient
title_full Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient
title_fullStr Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient
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title_short Coccidioidal meningitis and neurosyphilis co-infection in a non-HIV patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408423/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.08.002
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