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A 29-year-old man complained of a 2-day history of frontal headache and new-onset fever but no other symptoms. Two months prior to admission, he underwent his third kidney transplantation. Clinical and laboratory examinations were unremarkable. Brain MRI showed a meningeal irritation consistent with viral meningitis. A diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis and fungaemia was made after detection of a remarkably high and visible load of Cryptococcus neoformans in the cerebrospinal fluid.
- drugs and medicines
- renal system
- immunology
- renal medicine
- renal intervention
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Contributors SD: Conception of the case report, data analysis and interpretation, drafting the article, final approval of the version to be published. RK: Data analysis and interpretation, critical revision of the article, final approval of the version to be published. NVS: Data analysis and interpretation, final approval of the version to be published. PS: Data analysis and interpretation, critical revision of the article, final approval of the version to be published.
Competing interests None declared.
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