Meningitis due to Rhodotorula glutinis in an HIV infected patient

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2008 Oct-Dec;26(4):375-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.43579.

Abstract

Rhodotorula spp, though considered a common saprophyte, recently has been reported as causative agent of opportunistic mycoses. We present a case of meningitis in an immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus infected patient who presented with longstanding fever. He was diagnosed as a case of chronic meningitis. Diagnosis was confirmed by cell cytology, India ink preparation, Gram staining and culture of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample. CSF culture grew Rhodotorula glutinis. Therapy with amphotericin B was successful in eliminating the yeast from CSF and the patient was discharged after recovery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Fungal / complications*
  • Meningitis, Fungal / diagnosis
  • Meningitis, Fungal / drug therapy
  • Meningitis, Fungal / microbiology
  • Mycoses / complications
  • Mycoses / diagnosis
  • Mycoses / drug therapy
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Rhodotorula / classification
  • Rhodotorula / drug effects
  • Rhodotorula / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Amphotericin B