Disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient with unusual clinical presentation.
Disseminated cryptocococcosis is a rare and often fatal disease. Here in we report an unusual fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis. The patient presented with a past history of postmenopausal bleeding with loss of consciousness, altered mental status, few seizures and a low grade fever. Lumbar...
| Publicado en: | Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 179 - 182 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=34500574&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 34500574 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 11301406 PVP jtl: Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia issn: 11301406 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: sep2008 vid: 25 iid: 3 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 34500574 ppf: 179 ppct: 3 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 268KB tig: atl: Disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient with unusual clinical presentation. aug: au: Basu, Somansu Jain, Puneet Ansari, Sajid Al-Arimi, Sumaya Salem Singh, S. K. affil: Department of Microbiology, Sur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman Department of Pathology, Sur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman Department of Medicine, Sur Hospital, Ministry of Health, Oman su: Cryptococcosis AIDS patients Cryptococcus neoformans Anti-infective agents Vaginitis sug: subj: Cryptococcosis AIDS patients Cryptococcus neoformans Anti-infective agents Vaginitis keyword: AIDS Disseminated cryptococcosis Criptococosis diseminada Sida Vaginitis ab: Disseminated cryptocococcosis is a rare and often fatal disease. Here in we report an unusual fatal case of disseminated cryptococcosis. The patient presented with a past history of postmenopausal bleeding with loss of consciousness, altered mental status, few seizures and a low grade fever. Lumbar puncture revealed elevated pressure, lymphocytic pleocytosis, elevated protein and markedly reduced glucose level. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood. Serological assay revealed the presence of human immunodeficiency virus. The patient was treated with antifungal agents intravenously without any signs of improvement and the patient passed away after two weeks of therapy. This is the first case report of disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient suffering from cryptoccoccal vaginitis. La criptococosis diseminada es una enfermedad poco común y, a menudo, fatal. Los autores presentan el caso de una mujer con esta enfermedad. El historial de la paciente incluía sangrado posmenopáusico, pérdida del conocimiento, alteración de la conciencia, ataques y febrícula. La punción lumbar reveló presión alta del líquido cefalorraquídeo, pleocitosis linfocitaria, tasas elevadas de proteínas y bajos niveles de glucosa. Cryptococcus neoformans fue aislado en líquido cefalorraquídeo y sangre. Un análisis serológico reveló la presencia del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. La paciente fue tratada con agentes antimicóticos por vía intravenosa, sin observarse mejoría, y falleció tras dos semanas de tratamiento. Este es el primer caso de criptococosis diseminada en una paciente con sida y vaginitis criptocócica. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia is the property of Elsevier B.V. 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 Iberoamericana de Micologia holder: Elsevier B.V. dt: @attributes: year: 2008 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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