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ArticleCureus2026

Management of Coccidioidal Meningitis Outside the Endemic Region.

Alexander D Smith, Alexa R Lauinger, Mahima Goel, Prateek Dullur, Logan Burrington, Anant Naik, Amir Khan, Suguna Pappu

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alexander D SmithComputer Science, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.
Alexa R LauingerMedicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, USA.
Mahima GoelMedicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, USA.
Prateek DullurMedicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, USA.
Logan BurringtonMedicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, USA.
Anant NaikNeurosurgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Amir KhanInfectious Diseases, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, USA.
Suguna PappuNeurosurgery, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptomeningeal enhancement (LE) is an MRI neuroimaging characteristic associated with infection, malignancy, or cerebrovascular pathologies of the subarachnoid space. LE secondary to infection is most commonly a sign of meningeal tuberculosis. Fungal infections have a heightened presence in certain endemic regions in North America. We present the case of a 44-year-old male patient from Illinois with persistent headaches, hydrocephalus, and LE on MRI. He was empirically treated for tuberculosis, then blastomycosis, but later was found to have disseminated

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case reportcentral nervous systemcoccidioidomycosisendemic infectionleptomeningeal enhancement

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PMID42022716
PMCPMC13098715

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