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Reported is one case of cerebral cryptococcosis in a 12-year-old girl. The diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans with both India ink preparation of the cerebrospinal fluid and Sabouraud's media culture. Clinical presentation included progressive severe headache,
Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal disease caused by the basidiomycetes yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii with high predilection to invade the central nervous system mainly in immunocompromised hosts. Skin can be secondarily involved in disseminated infection or be exceptionally
We present a case of pancytopenia and cutaneous cryptococcosis in a young girl with no complaints of fever, headache and vomiting. Fine-needle aspiration cytology and further investigation for pancytopenia revealed presence of Cryptococcus in skin and bone marrow aspirates. Fungal cultures of the
OBJECTIVE
To report an uncommon case of multifocal choroiditis as the result of disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection in a patient who is HIV-positive.
METHODS
Interventional case report.
METHODS
A 27-year-old HIV-positive woman with fever, headache, and vomiting was examined. Lumbar
Opportunistic infection is one of the important cause of graft dysfunction after organ transplantation. It usually occurs one year after post transplantation in a immunocompromised transplant recipient. Among the opportunistic infections fungal infection is important cause of graft dysfunction as
To identify the clinical and epidemiological profile of cryptococcosis diagnosed at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, medical records of 123 patients admitted from January 1995 to December 2005 were analyzed. One hundred and four cases (84.5%) had HIV
BACKGROUND
A survey on cryptococcosis is being conducted regularly in Colombia since 1997. We present hereby the results corresponding to patients diagnosed from 2006 to 2010.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the data obtained during this period.
METHODS
Retrospective analysis of the corresponding
BACKGROUND
A national survey on cryptococcosis has been conducted in Colombia since 1997. The survey data recorded over a 9-year period, 1997 to 2005, was summarized.
METHODS
The format provided by the European Confederation of Medical Mycology was adapted with the correspondent
Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common fatal central nervous system infection in AIDS patients in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this prospective study conducted from March 2003 to February 2004 in the internal medicine and infectious diseases departments of the Point G University Hospital
Between 1991-2006, nine patients below age 18 years, with a microbiologic documentation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection and no evidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection, were identified and treated at Chang Gung Children's Hospital. All exhibited central nervous system involvement.
This study was carried out to provide current information on neuromeningeal cryptococcosis at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Fann Teaching Hospital in Dakar. Epidemiological, clinical, biological and therapeutic data were collected retrospectively from files of patients treated between 1999 and
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. Owing to its nonspecific clinical and radiographic features, the differential diagnosis with secondary tuberculosis, malignant tumor, and bacterial pneumonia is sometimes difficult. Many
Biliary cryptococci infection is rare, which is frequently diagnosed by exploratory laparotomy, preoperative diagnosis is difficult.
A 14-year-old girl presented with intermittent jaundice for 6 years. She had no pruritus, anorexia, nausea or vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, or clay stools.
Intra-abdominal cryptococcosis was diagnosed in two young dogs. The first, an entire male border collie, was presented with vomiting. An abdominal mass detected during physical examination proved to be cryptococcal mesenteric lymphadenitis on exploratory laparotomy. The second dog, a female neutered
A 3-year-old Boxer was presented with progressive diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy of 5-months duration. The dog had watery black feces, a mature neutrophilia, and microcytic anemia. Cytologic evaluation of a direct fecal smear stained with Wright's-Giemsa revealed numerous encapsulated,