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- * He experienced high fever, vomiting, headache, and drowsiness before being diagnosed with fungal meningitis caused by Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans.
- * This specific case marks a rare instance of fungal meningitis linked to this particular fungus and is the first reported case in India.
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A young adult male presented as a case of meningitis in the background of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in situ, uncontrolled type 1 diabetes and a history of treated abdominal tuberculosis. The patient presented with complaints of high-grade fever, non-projectile vomiting, headache and drowsiness. He was eventually diagnosed as a case of fungal meningitis. The patient's cerebrospinal fluid analysis (CSF) analysis revealed budding yeast cells and the culture revealed Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans. This is a yeast-like fungus that is known to cause opportunistic infections in an immunocompromised host. This is a rare cause of fungal meningitis and very few cases have been reported worldwide. This is the first case of Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans-associated meningitis reported from India.
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