High Stakes, High Dose? Retrospective Treatment Outcomes of Coccidioidal Meningitis Treated With Steroids

Harneet Dhillon, Hannah Theodora Pescaru, Shefali Dujari, Victoria Ding, Manisha Desai, Kristin Galetta, Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University

The Neurohospitalist

Published online on February 06, 2026

Abstract

The Neurohospitalist, Ahead of Print.
Background and ObjectivesCoccidioidal vasculitis is a serious complication of coccidioidal infection. Prior studies suggest that steroids may reduce the risk of secondary vasculitis in coccidioidal meningitis (CM), but data on optimal dosing are limited. ...