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infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea

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脳膜炎

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1. コクシジオイデス性髄膜炎 coccidioidal meningitis
2. コクシジオイデス症の臨床検査診断 laboratory diagnosis of coccidioidomycosis
3. 易感染性宿主におけるコクシジオイデス症 coccidioidomycosis in compromised hosts
4. 成人における無菌性髄膜炎 aseptic meningitis in adults
5. 好酸球性髄膜炎 eosinophilic meningitis

English Journal

Role of Coccidioides Antigen testing in the Cerebrospinal Fluid for the Diagnosis of Coccidioidal Meningitis.

Kassis C1, Zaidi S1, Kuberski T1, Moran A2, Gonzalez O2, Hussain S1, Hartmann-Manrique C1, Al-Jashaami L1, Chebbo A1, Myers RA1, Wheat LJ3.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.Clin Infect Dis.2015 Jul 24. pii: civ585. [Epub ahead of print]
BACKGROUND: Coccidioidal meningitis (CM), a common cause of chronic meningitis in endemic area, is usually diagnosed by detection of anti-Coccidioides antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which may be negative in up to 1/3 of cases. CSF cultures and cytology are infrequently positive. Antigen
PMID 26209683

Recurrence of coccidioidal meningitis after discontinuation of fluconazole.

Nelson S1, Vytopil M.
JAMA neurology.JAMA Neurol.2013 Dec;70(12):1586. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.1139.
PMID 24322515

Imaging spectrum of CNS coccidioidomycosis: prevalence and significance of concurrent brain and spinal disease.

Lammering JC1, Iv M, Gupta N, Pandit R, Patel MR.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology.AJR Am J Roentgenol.2013 Jun;200(6):1334-46. doi: 10.2214/AJR.12.9264.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and significance of concurrent coccidioidal brain and intraspinal disease.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective imaging review of 23 patients with proven coccidioidal CNS meningitis.RESULTS: All patients had intracrani
PMID 23701073

Japanese Journal

Hydrocephalus in coccidioidal meningitis : Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery 47, 773-777, 2000
NAID 30012790898

Coccidioidal meningitis

Medicine 60, 139-172, 1981
NAID 30020001715

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