Criptococosis cerebral, voriconazol, niveles plasmáticos y síndrome de reconstitución inmune: reporte de un caso
Cerebral cryptococcosis and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: case report
Rev. méd. Chile; 146 (12), 2018
Publication year: 2018
We report a 45-year-old male with AIDS who had a Cryptococcus neoformans central nervous system infection. He was treated with amphotericin B deoxycholate subsequently changed to voriconazole due to systemic toxicity of the former. Plasma levels of voriconazole were insufficient with a standard dose (0.7 μg/mL), therefore, the dose was increased thereafter to reach appropriate levels (4.5 μg/mL). Anti-retroviral therapy was started five weeks after voriconazole initiation with non-interacting drugs and he was discharged after a favorable evolution. He was re-admitted three months later due to seizures; a brain magnetic resonance showed new sub-cortical nodules. After excluding alternative causes and demonstrating fungal eradication, an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) event was suspected and treated with a short course of steroids. His evolution was satisfactory.
Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA/tratamiento farmacológico, Anfotericina B/efectos adversos, Antifúngicos/efectos adversos, Ácido Desoxicólico/efectos adversos, Síndrome Inflamatorio de Reconstitución Inmune/inducido químicamente, Meningitis Criptocócica/tratamiento farmacológico, Voriconazol/administración & dosificación, Infecciones Oportunistas Relacionadas con el SIDA/diagnóstico por imagen, Anfotericina B/administración & dosificación, Antifúngicos/administración & dosificación, Ácido Desoxicólico/administración & dosificación, Combinación de Medicamentos, Meningitis Criptocócica/diagnóstico por imagen