Coccidioidal meningitis diagnosed by skin biopsy
Hamner, R.W.; Baum, E.W.; Pritchett, P.S.
Cutis 29(6): 603
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 7105834 Document Number: 190069
A patient with coccidioidal meningitis whose diagnosis was not confirmed until a skin biopsy was performed was presented. Because he lived in an area where coccidioidomycosis is not endemic, his meningitis was at first attributed to tuberculosis or sarcoidosis. After a verrucous lesion from the face was biopsied and the diagnosis substantiated, the patient responded well to consolidation therapy consisting of intrathecal amphotericin B and oral ketoconazole.