CRYPTOCOCCUS MENINGITIS IN A CASE OF CONGENITAL HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
Authors: J B ATKINSON, W E DELANEY, F R MILLER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 May 1956CRYPTOCOCCUS MENINGITIS IN A CASE OF CONGENITAL HEMOLYTIC ANEMIAJOHN B. ATKINSON, M.D., WILLIAM E. DELANEY, M.D., FRANKLIN R. MILLER, M.D.JOHN B. ATKINSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM E. DELANEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANKLIN R. MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-5-1015 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe following case of cryptococcus meningitis is reported because of three interesting facets: its occurrence in a patient with congenital hemolytic anemia, an associated leukemoid reaction with some immature myeloid forms, and its failure to respond to large doses of cycloheximide.CASE REPORTA 42 year old white married housewife was studied nine months prior to admission because of recurrent bouts of asymptomatic jaundice. A diagnosis of congenital hemolytic anemia was established which, in the light of its mild manifestations, was treated conservatively. Two weeks prior to admission she developed generalized muscular and joint pains with associated low grade fever....Bibliography1. ConantMartinSmithBakerCallaway NFDSDTRDJL: Manual of clinical mycology, 1945, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, p. 125. Google Scholar2. CartonLiebig CC: Treatment of central nervous system cryptococcosis, Arch. Int. Med. 91: 773, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WilsonDuryea HA: Cryptococcus meningitis (torulosis) treated with a new antibiotic, Acti-dione, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat. 66: 470, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Carton C: Treatment of central nervous system cryptococcosis: a review and report of four cases treated with Acti-dione, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 123, 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar5. MarshallTeed MR: Torula histolytica meningo-encephalitis: recovery following bilateral mastoidectomy and sulfonamide therapy, J. A. M. A. 120: 527, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. ZelmanO'NeillPlant SRA: Disseminated visceral torulosis without nervous system involvement, Am. J. Med. 11: 658, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. ZimmermanRappaport LEH: Occurrence of cryptococcosis in patients with malignant disease of the reticulo-endothelial system, Am. J. Clin. Path. 24: 1050-1072, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 16, 1955.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with Autoimmune Hemolytic AnemiaCryptococcosisCryptococcosisDie tierischen Parasiten und Pilzinfektionen im zentralen NervensystemCryptococcosis (Torulosis)RESECTION IN PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS (TORULOSIS) 1 May 1956Volume 44, Issue 5Page: 1015-1019KeywordsArthralgiaCryptococcal meningitisCryptococcus neoformansFeversHemolytic anemiaHemorrhageLeukemoidMeningitisPatients ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...