Polymerase chain reaction negative cryptococcal meningitis.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalDiagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
Year 2024
A 61-year-old male with subacute headache was found to have cryptococcal meningitis despite a negative BioFire FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel. This case underscores the importance of liberal cryptococcal antigen testing, and that a negative FilmArray panel is inadequate in excluding cryptococcal meningitis, particularly in a HIV-negative host.
Epistemonikos ID: 63b7f37e6742abde726997eaf7be63ec1cf4d5dd
First added on: Nov 09, 2024