Meningitis due to prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with AIDS

Z. C. Kaminski; R. Kapila; L. R. Sharer; P. Kloser; L. Kaufman

doi:10.1093/clind/15.4.704

Meningitis due to prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with AIDS

Z. C. Kaminski, R. Kapila, L. R. Sharer, P. Kloser, L. Kaufman

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The first documented case of algal meningitis due to Prototheca wickerhamii is reported in a patient with AIDS. The initial CSF culture yielded only Cryptococcus neoformans. P. wickerhamii was isolated on four subsequent lumbar punctures. The patient died, and at autopsy the alga was isolated from leptomeninges over the brain and about the spinal cord. Histologic sections from numerous locations of the brain revealed masses of cryptococci and protothecae.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	704-706
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/clind/15.4.704
State	Published - Oct 1992

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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