Nasal mucocutaneous cryptococcosis: a case report.
A 47-year-old woman, carrier systemic hypertension, tobacco user, and chronic user of corticosteroids, showed skin and nasal mucosa lesions, with local pain; treated empirically as sinusitis. The lesions evolved with increased ulceration. After nine months of symptoms onset, the lesion was biopsied,...
| Publicado en: | Revista Panamericana de Infectología Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 67 - 71 |
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Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia
2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=116281302&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 116281302 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16797140 78EJ jtl: Revista Panamericana de Infectología issn: 16797140 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 vid: 16 iid: 1 pid: 47635 pub: Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia artinfo: ui: 116281302 ppf: 67 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 231KB tig: atl: Nasal mucocutaneous cryptococcosis: a case report. aug: au: Sonda, Eduardo Chaida Chaves, William Scheffer Scheid, Rafaela Pereira, Luciane Mattos Donaduzzi, Thaís Krumel, Candice Franke Hernandes Machado, Cristiane Pimentel affil: Acadêmico do Curso de Medicina daUniversidade de Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, RS Docente do Curso de Medicina. Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul -- Departamento de Biologia e Farmácia.Universidade de Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz do Sul, RS su: Cryptococcosis Diagnosis of HIV infections Fluconazole sug: subj: Cryptococcosis Diagnosis of HIV infections Fluconazole keyword: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Criptococose Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida (Aids) Vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) ab: A 47-year-old woman, carrier systemic hypertension, tobacco user, and chronic user of corticosteroids, showed skin and nasal mucosa lesions, with local pain; treated empirically as sinusitis. The lesions evolved with increased ulceration. After nine months of symptoms onset, the lesion was biopsied, revealing fungal skin pathology suggestive of cryptococcosis. The patient was diagnosed with an HIV infection. The patient was then hospitalized in a specialized hospital and treated with intravenous fluconazole 800mg/day, followed by fluconazole 800mg daily orally up to 12 weeks of treatment. There was resolution of the ulcerated lesion and subsequent fibrosis of the left nostril. Paciente feminina, 47 anos, hipertensa e tabagista, em uso crônico de corticoide, apresentou lesões em pele e mucosa nasal, com dor local; tratado empiricamente como sinusite. Houve piora das lesões, com ulceração. Após nove meses do início dos sintomas, foi realizada biópsia da lesão, revelando o anatomopatológico uma micose cutânea sugestiva de criptococose. A paciente foi diagnosticada com infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) e, então, internada em hospital de referência, tendo recebido tratamento com fluconazol 800mg/dia endovenoso, a seguir, fluconazol 800mg/dia oral até completar 12 semanas de tratamento. Houve resolução da lesão ulcerada e posterior fibrose da narina esquerda. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Case Study src: R language: Portuguese refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Panamericana de Infectología is the property of Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Revista Panamericana de Infectología holder: Asociacion Panamericana de Infectologia dt: @attributes: year: 2014 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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