Rapid Reversal of Complete Binocular Blindness With High-Dose Corticosteroids and Lumbar Drain in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient With Cryptococcal Meningitis and Immune Reconstitution Syndrome: First Case Study and Literature Review | Zendy

Zoe Weiss | Zendy; Nihaal Mehta | Zendy; Su Aung | Zendy; Michael E. Migliori | Zendy; Dimitrios Farmakiotis | Zendy

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Rapid Reversal of Complete Binocular Blindness With High-Dose Corticosteroids and Lumbar Drain in a Solid Organ Transplant Recipient With Cryptococcal Meningitis and Immune Reconstitution Syndrome: First Case Study and Literature Review

Author(s) -

Zoe Weiss,

Nihaal Mehta,

Su Aung,

Michael E. Migliori,

Dimitrios Farmakiotis

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy007

Subject(s) - medicine , blindness , lumbar , complication , cryptococcal meningitis , meningitis , lumbar puncture , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , optometry , immunology , viral disease

Blindness is a rare, devastating, usually permanent complication of cryptococcal meningitis (CM). We present the first case of complete vision loss in a solid organ transplant recipient with CM treated with placement of a lumbar drain who had a dramatic visual recovery that started after 3 doses of high-dose steroids.

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