TY - JOUR
T1 - Cryptococcal meningitis in a child with hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome
AU - Garty, B. ‐Z
AU - Wolacfr, B.
AU - Ashkenazi, S.
AU - Weisman, Y.
AU - Rachmel, A.
AU - Nitzan, M.
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - A 13‐year‐old boy with hyperimmunoglobulin E (hyper‐IgE) syndrome presented with headache, blurred vision, photophtobia and bilateral papilledema due to cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with amphotericin B, and S‐fluorocytosine for several weeks and repeated lumbar punctures did not reduce the intracranial pressure, and a myeloperitoneal shunt was performed. The child was maintained on fluconazole for an additional six months. Patients with hyper‐IgE syndrome are at increased risk of opportunistic fungal infections such as cryptococcal meningitis.
AB - A 13‐year‐old boy with hyperimmunoglobulin E (hyper‐IgE) syndrome presented with headache, blurred vision, photophtobia and bilateral papilledema due to cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with amphotericin B, and S‐fluorocytosine for several weeks and repeated lumbar punctures did not reduce the intracranial pressure, and a myeloperitoneal shunt was performed. The child was maintained on fluconazole for an additional six months. Patients with hyper‐IgE syndrome are at increased risk of opportunistic fungal infections such as cryptococcal meningitis.
KW - cryptococcal meningitis
KW - hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1995.tb00279.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1995.tb00279.x
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C2 - 8750315
AN - SCOPUS:0028824524
SN - 0905-6157
VL - 6
SP - 175
EP - 177
JO - Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
JF - Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
IS - 3
ER -