McCrary L Madeline, Paulus Ryan, Melvin J Kyle, Perfect John, White Becky L
UNC Infectious Diseases, 130 Mason Farm Rd, CB# 7030, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
UNC Family Medicine, 590 Manning Dr, CB# 7595, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 May 11;36:35-36. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.05.002. eCollection 2022 Jun.
Cryptococcal meningitis is a fungal central nervous infection typically occurring in patients with severe immunocompromise. We present a case of cryptococcal meningitis occurring in a patient with active injection drug use (IDU) but no immunocompromising condition. This is the seventh case in the recent literature of cryptococcal central nervous involvement in an otherwise healthy young person with IDU, suggesting a possible association in need of further exploration.
隐球菌性脑膜炎是一种真菌性中枢神经系统感染，通常发生在严重免疫功能低下的患者中。我们报告一例隐球菌性脑膜炎病例，该患者有注射吸毒（IDU）行为但无免疫功能低下情况。这是近期文献中第七例原本健康的年轻注射吸毒者发生隐球菌中枢神经系统感染的病例，提示可能存在需要进一步探索的关联。
