Candida lusitaniae causing fatal meningitis
- 1 November 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 69 (817) , 878-880
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.69.817.878
Abstract
Summary: Fatal meningitis due to Candida lusitaniae in a 35 year old previously healthy man is described. C. lusitaniae is an opportunistic fungal pathogen reported infrequently in the English literature. This is the third case report of meningitis and the first fatal infection in an adult from Central India due to C. lusitaniae known to the authors.Keywords
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