Psychosis Due to Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection and Delirium in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis (CM) is an opportunistic neuroinfection acquired by inhalation, and usually latent in the lung lymph nodes before disseminating. CM commonly affects individuals with HIV or other forms of immunosuppression; cases of CM in otherwise healthy individuals are relatively rare in the United States with an incidence of 1/100,000/y.1 Nevertheless, CM in immunocompetent individuals is associated with high mortality (27% at 90d), which is likely in part due to a delay in diagnosis.

Source: Psychosomatics - June 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jungjin Kim, Georgina Hartzell, Neguine Rezaii, Lauren Gensler, Wendy Baer, Raymond Young, Ann C. Schwartz Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research