Successful treatment of coccidioidal meningitis with voriconazole

Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;36(12):1619-22. doi: 10.1086/375235. Epub 2003 Jun 9.

Abstract

A previously healthy 47-year-old man with coccidioidal meningitis had fluconazole treatment failure and developed severe symptoms, multiple cranial nerve palsies, and brain-stem inflammation visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). High-dose voriconazole therapy resulted in gradual resolution of almost all signs and symptoms, normalization of cerebrospinal fluid, and clearing of brain-stem edema seen on MRI. The patient had photosensitivity after 10 weeks of treatment, but this improved when the voriconazole dose was lowered. Continuous voriconazole therapy kept coccidioidal meningitis in complete remission in this patient for >2 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Coccidioidomycosis / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Fungal / drug therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyrimidines / administration & dosage
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazoles / administration & dosage
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*
  • Voriconazole

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Triazoles
  • Voriconazole