A case of mania due to cryptococcal meningitis, successfully treated with adjunctive olanzapine, in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

David R Spiegel; Christopher E Bayne; Lyndy Wilcox; Margarita Somova

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.004

A case of mania due to cryptococcal meningitis, successfully treated with adjunctive olanzapine, in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2011 May-Jun;33(3):301.e3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.004. Epub 2010 Dec 22.

Authors

David R Spiegel¹, Christopher E Bayne, Lyndy Wilcox, Margarita Somova

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA. spiegedr@evms.edu

PMID: 21601730
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.004

Abstract

We report on the case of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome- and Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis-related mania in which olanzapine was successfully used adjunctively and transiently to antifungal therapy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*
Aged
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
Benzodiazepines / therapeutic use*
Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy*
Bipolar Disorder / etiology*
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / complications*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy
Olanzapine
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Benzodiazepines
Olanzapine