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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 114-116 |
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Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Herpes simplex virus: Dual infection in an immunocompetent patient
Poesy Payal1, Uma Sekar2, S Sujatha3, Anupma Jyoti Kindo2
1 Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
3 Department of Medicine, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Anupma Jyoti Kindo
Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.194942
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Cryptococcus neoformans and Herpes simplex virus (HSV) are known agents of fungal and viral meningitis, respectively, in immunocompromised patients but rarely seen in immunocompetent patients. The present report is of an immunocompetent patient, engineer by profession, who was diagnosed to have meningitis with two organisms. The patient presented with fever, chills and headache for 25 days, altered sensorium for four days and altered speech for two days. Lumbar puncture was done, cerebrospinal fluid was sent for serology and culture was positive for budding yeast cells with capsule in India ink preparation. Culture yielded mucoid, cream-coloured colonies, and latex agglutination for Cryptococcus antigen was positive. Polymerase chain reaction on CSF was positive for HSV-1. The patient was treated with Ceftriaxone, Doxycycline, Acyclovir, injection Mannitol and Amphotericin B. |
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