Culture-negative Candida meningitis diagnosed by detection of Candida mannan antigen in CSF

Neurology. 2013 Oct 22;81(17):1555-6. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a95871. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Authors

J Matthijs Biesbroek¹, Frans M Verduyn Lunel, J Jolijn Kragt, G Johan Amelink, Catherina J M Frijns

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus (J.M.B., G.J.A., C.J.M.F.), and Department of Virology, Eijkman Winkler Institute for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation (F.M.V.L.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; and Department of Neurology (J.J.K.), Reinier de Graaf Group, Delft, the Netherlands.

PMID: 24068781
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a95871

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Antigens, Fungal* / cerebrospinal fluid
Candida / immunology*
Candida / pathogenicity*
Fluconazole / administration & dosage
Fluconazole / pharmacology
Humans
Male
Mannans / cerebrospinal fluid
Mannans / immunology*
Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Fungal / drug therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Antigens, Fungal
Mannans
Fluconazole