Fatal case of polymicrobial meningitis caused by Cryptococcus liquefaciens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient Academic Article

journal

  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology

abstract

  • We describe a fatal case of polymicrobial meningitis in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient from Guatemala caused by Cryptococcus liquefaciens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Central nervous system infections caused concurrently by these species are extremely rare. This is also the first report of disseminated disease caused by C. liquefaciens.

publication date

  • 2015-8-1

edition

  • 53

keywords

  • Central Nervous System Infections
  • Cryptococcus
  • Guatemala
  • HIV
  • Meningitis
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0095-1137

number of pages

  • 3

start page

  • 2753

end page

  • 5