Absar Muhammad, Alduwayrij Ahmed, Al-Arfaj Abdulmajeed, Shah Zafar, Nashmy Fahad, Yacoubi Mohamed Tahar
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Medical Education, King Abdulaziz Hospital, Ministry of the National Guard-Health Affairs, AlAhsa, Saudi Arabia.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2024 Oct 15;46:100678. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2024.100678. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Candida meningitis is almost always caused by , but other species, such as , can cause it on rare occasions. is increasingly linked to immunocompromised hosts but also affects immunocompetent hosts. To the best of our knowledge, we present the ninth (9th) case of meningitis, the first from Saudi Arabia. A 70-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities presented with confusion, poor oral intake, and left upper limb swelling for two weeks. was isolated and treated with liposomal amphotericin and anidulafungin. The scarcity of such infections makes the best treatment regimen undetermined.
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念珠菌性脑膜炎几乎总是由[具体菌种1]引起，但其他菌种，如[具体菌种2]，在极少数情况下也可导致该病。[具体菌种1]越来越多地与免疫功能低下的宿主相关，但也会影响免疫功能正常的宿主。据我们所知，我们报告了第9例[具体菌种1]脑膜炎病例，这是沙特阿拉伯的首例。一名患有多种合并症的70岁女性出现意识模糊、口服摄入减少和左上肢肿胀两周。分离出[具体菌种1]后，用脂质体两性霉素和阿尼芬净进行治疗。此类感染病例稀少，使得最佳治疗方案尚未确定。
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