J Korean Rheum Assoc.
1999 Dec;6(4):346-350.
A Case of Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea.
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Cheonam National University, Kwangju, Korea.
- 4Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Cheonam National University, Kwangju, Korea.
Abstract
- Cryptococcal meningitis is rare but, often fatal complication of systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). It is difficult to differentiate cryptococcal meningitis from neuropsychiatric lupus due to similarity of clinical symptoms and laboratory findings of cerebrospinal fluid(CSF). Earlier diagnosis and effective antifungal therapy improve the prognosis of cryptococcal meningitis in SLE patients. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis in a patients with SLE who had been medicated with low dose steroid.
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