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Rapid Resolution of Cryptococcal Meningitis During Superimposed Pseudomonas Cepacea Infection
Author(s) -
Webling D. D'A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131591.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcal meningitis , antibiosis , meningitis , clearance , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , pseudomonas infection , pseudomonas , biology , virology , immunology , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , bacteria , genetics , urology
A case of cryptococcal meningitis in a 20‐year‐old Aboriginal woman is described. The fungal infection cleared rapidly during a superimposed meningeal infection with Pseudomonas cepacea. This is of interest as an apparent example of antibiosis in vivo , and the possible mechanisms of it and the need for improved treatment of cryptococcal meningitis are briefly discussed.