From suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to confirmed histoplasma meningitis

Vivek Batra; Armen Khararjian; Joseph Wheat; Sean Zhang; Barbara Crain; Alexander Baras

doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-214937

From suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease to confirmed histoplasma meningitis

Vivek Batra, Armen Khararjian, Joseph Wheat, Sean Zhang, Barbara Crain, Alexander Baras

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A 77-year-old man with chronic obstructive lung disease who was on steroids, presented to the hospital after a fall with subacute headaches and ataxia. During the patient's hospital course, his clinical condition deteriorated with myoclonic jerks, fevers and severe encephalopathy. An extensive workup, including EEG, brain MRI and lumbar puncture, revealed possible Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Unfortunately, the patient failed to improve and died 12 days after admission. A brain-only autopsy revealed he had acute histoplasma meningitis with patchy superficial cerebritis.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	214937
Journal	BMJ case reports
Volume	2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-214937
State	Published - 2016

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