TY - JOUR AU - Polk, Christopher AU - Meredith, Jacqueline AU - Kuprenas, Alyssa AU - Leonard, Michael PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/27 TI - Cryptococcus meningitis mimicking cerebral septic emboli, a case report series demonstrating injection drug use as a risk factor for development of disseminated disease JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 381 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Clinicians may be less inclined to consider a diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis in people without HIV infection or transplant-related immunosuppression. This may lead to a delay in diagnosis particularly if disseminated cryptococcal disease mimics cerebral septic emboli in injection drug use (IDU) leading to a search for endocarditis or other infectious sources. Though, IDU has been described as a potential risk for disseminated cryptococcal disease. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05108-1 DO - 10.1186/s12879-020-05108-1 ID - Polk2020 ER -