Parkinsonism and prolonged cognitive decline as a manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis in a renal transplant patient
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Britton, Sumudu
John, George Tharayil
Denaro, Charles
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We report a case of a 67-year-old male recipient of a second renal allograft, presenting with a 9-month history of progressive cognitive and physical decline with features of Parkinsonism. He was HIV-negative. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cryptococcal antigen was positive though CSF culture was sterile. He had progressive deterioration despite induction and consolidation antifungal treatment. Postmortem brain examination confirmed a large burden of yeast forms in the substantia nigra with widespread chronic meningitis. The significant delay in presentation and diagnosis owing to the atypical, subacute neurocognitive features serves as a timely reminder of the variety of neurological presentations that may be associated with cryptococcal infection in solid organ transplant recipients.
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BMJ Case Reports
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15
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Gastroenterology and hepatology
Nephrology and urology
Cognitive neuroscience
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Medicine, General & Internal
General & Internal Medicine
cryptococcosis
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Nelles, R; Britton, S; John, GT; Denaro, C, Parkinsonism and prolonged cognitive decline as a manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis in a renal transplant patient, BMJ Case Reports, 2022, 15 (1), pp. e245788