Case Report

Ventriculitis Due to Cryptococcus uniguttulatus

Authors: LEWIS H. McCURDY, MD, JASON D. MORROW, MD

Abstract

Infections due to non‐neoformans cryptococci are rare. We report the first case of a human infection caused by Cryptococcus uniguttulatus. Ventriculitis caused by this organism developed in a 65‐year‐old woman who had had repair of an internal carotid aneurysm. In vitro sensitivity testing showed the Cryptococcus species sensitive to amphotericin B and itraconazole. Treatment with amphotericin led to resolution of the infection.

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