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Candida tropicalis as an emerging pathogen in Candida meningitis: case report and review. 2010

Luciano Z Goldani, and Rodrigo P Santos

Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Candida species are an uncommon cause of meninigitis. Given the rarity of this infection, the epidemiology, prognosis, and optimal therapy for Candida meningitis are poorly defined. The authors report on a paraplegic patient due to spinal cord injury who developed C. tropicalis meningitis. In addition, we review and discuss other reported cases of C. tropicalis meningitis in the medical literature.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D016921	Meningitis, Fungal	Meningitis caused by fungal agents which may occur as OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS or arise in immunocompetent hosts.	Fungal Meningitis,Pachymeningitis, Fungal,Fungal Meningitides,Fungal Pachymeningitides,Fungal Pachymeningitis,Meningitides, Fungal,Pachymeningitides, Fungal
D017809	Fatal Outcome	Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept.	Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal
D041022	Candida tropicalis	A species of MITOSPORIC FUNGI that is a major cause of SEPTICEMIA and disseminated CANDIDIASIS, especially in patients with LYMPHOMA; LEUKEMIA; and DIABETES MELLITUS. It is also found as part of the normal human mucocutaneous flora.	Atelosaccharomyces tropicalis,Candida albicans var. tropicalis,Castellania tropicalis,Endomyces tropicalis,Monilia tropicalis,Myceloblastanon tropicale,Mycotorula tropicalis,Procandida tropicalis