Vertigo after renal transplantation: a sign of paucisymptomatic cryptococcal meningitis

We report what is to our knowledge the first case of severe isolated vertigo that developed after renal transplantation and was a manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with antifungal therapy resulted in the complete resolution of vertiginous symptoms. Immunosuppressed patients with an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Experimental and clinical transplantation 2006-12, Vol.4 (2), p.525-527
Hauptverfasser:	Mehrenberger, Marion, Kamar, Nassim, Borde, Jean-Sébastien, Estève-Fraysse, Marie-Josée, Viguier, Alain, Recco, Paulette, Durand, Dominique, Rostaing, Lionel
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cryptococcus neoformans Female Humans Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnosis Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnostic imaging Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - microbiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vertigo - diagnostic imaging Vertigo - etiology Vertigo - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We report what is to our knowledge the first case of severe isolated vertigo that developed after renal transplantation and was a manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis. Treatment with antifungal therapy resulted in the complete resolution of vertiginous symptoms. Immunosuppressed patients with an opportunistic infection of the central nervous system can present with extremely tenuous features of infection and atypical neurologic signs.
ISSN:	1304-0855