Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) Meningoencephalitis Acquired in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Luis ThompsonLorena PorteVioleta DíazMaría Cristina DíazSebastián SolarPablo ValenzuelaNicole NorleyYumai PiresFernando CarreñoSergio ValenzuelaRukmane ShabaniVolker RickertsThomas Weitzel

Published in: Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)

We describe a case of chronic meningoencephalitis with hydrocephalus caused by Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) in an immunocompetent patient from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This first report of a member of the Cryptococcus gattii species complex from Bolivia suggests that C. bacillisporus (VGIII) is present in this tropical region of the country and complements our epidemiological and clinical knowledge of this group of emerging fungal pathogens in South America.

Keyphrases

healthcare
case report
cerebrospinal fluid
antimicrobial resistance
brain injury
drug induced