[A case report: cryptococcal meningitis and fluconazole therapy].

An 18-year-old female was given prednisolone and azathioprine for treatment of systemic lups erythematosus. She was admitted to Fukuoka University Hospital because of headache and vomiting. Examinations revealed she was suffering from cryptococcal meningitis. Fluconazole (FLCZ) 400 mg a day was administrated for therapy. Her general condition improved and the serum level of cryptococcal antigen decreased one month after therapy. This therapy resulted in abatement of subjected symptoms and sterilization of the cerebral spinal fluid. This case suggested that therapy with FLCZ alone is useful for patients with cryptococcal meningitis, therefore the standard therapy with amphotericin B (AMPH) or the combination.