Cryptococcal Meningitis in An Immunocompetent Patient

A fungal illness called cryptococcal meningitis is most often thought of as an opportunistic infection that affects immunocompromised people, typically those who have HIV infection. Numerous problems are linked to it, including widespread illness and neurologic ones such as intracranial hypertension, cerebral infarcts, vision loss, and other abnormalities. Here is a case 18-year-old male patient, who presented with persistent headache and fever. A lumbar puncture revealed a cryptococcal infection in him. His workup indicated no known underlying illness that may have compromised his immune system. CSF was then tested for cryptococcal species using an Indian ink preparation, and the results were positive. He was admitted to the hospital for initiation of antifungal therapy with amphotericin B along with serial serum creatinine and electrolytes levels and after the 5th day of getting amphotericin B, he had shown remarkable improvement in total symptomatology.