Sa'adah M A, Araj G F, Diab S M, Nazzal M
Medical Department, Islamic Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Trop Geogr Med. 1995;47(5):224-6.
A previously healthy and immuno-competent 22-year-old man presented in confusional psychosis. Cryptococcal meningitis was later found to be the underlying cause as proven by culturing Cryptococcus neoformans serotype A from the cerebrospinal fluid. Combined antifungal therapy with amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine resulted in sustained improvement of all mental and physical functions. Cryptococcosis has rarely been reported from the Middle East. This represents the second case from Kuwait.
一名22岁既往健康且免疫功能正常的男性出现了精神错乱性精神病症状。后来经脑脊液培养出新型隐球菌A型，证实隐球菌性脑膜炎是其根本病因。两性霉素B和5-氟胞嘧啶联合抗真菌治疗使所有精神和身体功能持续改善。中东地区鲜有隐球菌病的报道。这是科威特的第二例病例。
