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Meningitis Due to Sporotrichum schenckii
RUSSELL C. KLEIN, MD;
M. SUE IVENS, MS;
JOHN H. SEABURY, MD;
HARRY E. DASCOMB, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1966;118(2):145-149.
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INVOLVEMENT of the central nervous system during the course of dissemination of fungus diseases is expected in cryptococcosis, anticipated in coccidioidomycosis and mucormycosis, well-recognized in nocardiosis and actinomycosis, known to occur occasionally in histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, aspergillosis, and chromomycosis, but to be distinctly rare in other systemic mycoses.
There are available to us only three acceptably documented cases,1-3 of central nervous system involvement by Sporotrichum schenckii. All three patients died from the infection. We are reporting another well-documented case. The patient has, to date, responded to treatment with amphotericin B in a manner suggesting probable recovery.
Report of a Case
A 58-year-old white male rice farmer became ill in October 1963, with complaints of lethargy, weakness, staggering gait, and a decrease in the sense of taste, smell, and hearing. Vomiting became frequent. Five months after onset, a lumbar puncture was done and revealed an increase in protein content and lymphocytes.
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Author Affiliations
NEW ORLEANS
From the Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine and the Infectious Disease Service, Louisiana State University Division of Medicine, Charity Hospital, New Orleans.
Footnotes
Received for publication Jan 17, 1966; accepted April 20.
Read in part before the First Central American Congress of Microbiology, San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec 16, 1965.
Reprint requests to 1542 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112 (Dr. Klein).
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