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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2020

Cryptococcus Meningitis Can Co-occur with Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.

Yusuke Sakiyama, Eiji Matsuura, Ayano Shigehisa, Yuki Hamada, Mika Dozono, Satoshi Nozuma, Tomonori Nakamura, Keiko Higashi, Akihiro Hashiguchi, Yukitoshi Takahashi and 1 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yusuke SakiyamaDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Eiji MatsuuraDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Ayano ShigehisaDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Yuki HamadaDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Mika DozonoDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Satoshi NozumaDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Tomonori NakamuraDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Keiko HigashiDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Akihiro HashiguchiDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Yukitoshi TakahashiDepartment of Pediatrics, National Epilepsy Center, NHO Shizuoka Institute of Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders, Japan.
Hiroshi TakashimaDepartment of Neurology and Geriatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
Kagoshima University · JPNational Epilepsy Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report a 50-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis who developed loss of consciousness and tremor of the upper limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging findings were suggestive of limbic encephalitis with bilateral hippocampal damage, and a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination confirmed anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and anti-glutamate receptor antibodies. Despite initial corticosteroid therapy, meningeal irritation symptoms appeared, owing to the development of cryptococcal meningitis (CM), diagnosed by the detection of cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide antigen in the follow-up CSF analysis. Cerebral infarction with reversible stenosis of major cerebral arteries during the clinical course was also observed. Following administration of antifungals and corticosteroids, the number of cells in the CSF gradually declined, and NMDA receptor antibodies disappeared. Our study demonstrates the unique coexistence of CM with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in adults.

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAntifungal AgentsAnti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor EncephalitisCerebral InfarctionHumansLimbic EncephalitisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMeningitis, CryptococcalMiddle AgedReceptors, GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateAdrenal Cortex HormonesAntifungal AgentsReceptors, GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartatecerebral infarctioncryptococcal meningitisglutamate receptor (GluR)limbic encephalitisNMDA receptor

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PMID32522922
PMCPMC7578615
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