Cryptococcus tetragattii Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 447 - 448
• Main Authors: Wu, Pin-Han, Chen, Chih-Hao, Lin, Yu-Tzu, Ao, Yu, Lin, Kuo-Hsi, Hsih, Wen-Hsin, Chou, Chia-Huei, Chi, Chih-Yu, Ho, Mao-Wang, Hsueh, Po-Ren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2023; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Africa; Antibodies; Antigens; Case studies; Causes of; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 vaccines; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcus; Cryptococcus tetragattii; Epidemiology; Fungi; Granulocytes; Hepatitis; Humans; Immunocompetence; Infections; Ions; Letter; Meningitis; Meningitis Associated with Travel, Taiwan; Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnosis; Meningitis, Cryptococcal - drug therapy; meningitis/encephalitis; Patients; Research Letter; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Suggested citation for this article: Wu P-H; Taiwan; Taiwan; China; Egypt; Chen C-H; Africa; Suggested citation for this article: Wu P-H; et al. Cryptococcus tetragattii meningitis associated with travel; Hsih W-H; Cryptococcus tetragattii; Lin K-H; Lin Y-T; fungi; Taiwan; Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Feb [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2902.221425; Ao Y; meningitis/encephalitis
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2902.221425

Meningitis caused by Cryptococcus tetragattii fungus is rare and has been found in specific geographic regions. We report a case of meningitis caused by C. tetragattii (molecular type VGIV) in an immunocompetent patient in Taiwan. The patient had traveled to Egypt and was positive for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibody.