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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar;8(3):1253-1256.
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_66_19.

Cryptococcus gattii meningitis in a diabetic adult in South India

Mithilesh Kumar Jha  1 , Aroop Mohanty  1 , Pratima Gupta  1
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Cryptococcus gattii meningitis in a diabetic adult in South India

Mithilesh Kumar Jha et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is the opportunistic infection usually seen in immunocompromised individuals. Among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive participants, cryptococcal meningitis is the second most common cause of opportunistic neuro-infection, but at times, it occurs in non-HIV patients who are immunodeficient due to other reasons like chronic glucocorticoid use, organ transplantation, malignancy, and sarcoidosis and has rarely been described in diabetic patients. We present a fatal case of Cryptococcus gattii meningitis in a 56-year-old HIV-negative male patient with diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; diabetes mellitus; meningitis.

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Figure 1
Gram stain showing gram-positive budding yeast cells
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Figure 2
India ink showing capsulated round yeast cells
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Figure 3
SDA tube showing mucoid, creamy pasty colonies of Cryptococcus spp.
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