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Systemic cryptococcosis in an immune-competent child

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Crytococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that frequently affects immune-compromised patients, although increasingly being detected in the immune-competent host as well.
Arushi G. Saini, Sooraj Patil, Triptee Agrawal, Aseem Basha, Rashi Garg, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Pankaj Vaidya, Akshay Saxena, Pratibha Singhi   +8 more
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Cryptococcosis mimicking cutaneous cellulitis in a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a case report [PDF]

, 2010
Background Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast and the most frequent cryptococcal species found in humans. Cryptococcosis is considered an opportunistic infection as it affects mainly immunosuppressed individuals. In humans, C.
Corina Probst, Georg Pongratz, Silvia Capellino, Rolf M Szeimies, Jürgen Schölmerich, Martin Fleck, Bernd Salzberger, Boris Ehrenstein   +7 more
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Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Adrenal and Lung Involvement in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Disseminated cryptococcosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. Occasionally, it affects immunocompetent persons and mimics tuberculosis in clinical presentation and radiological findings.
Piyush Ranjan, Manisha Jana, Shanmugam Krishnan, Devajit Nath, Rita Sood   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Disseminated cryptococcosis is a rare and fatal disease, and limited data exist regarding it in children. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China ...
Li-Wei Gao, An-Xia Jiao, Xi-Rong Wu, Shun-Ying Zhao, Yun Ma, Gang Liu, Ju Yin, Bao-Ping Xu, Kun-Ling Shen   +8 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2017
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection which is commonly associated with immune-compromised state. Disseminated infection in immunocompetent individuals is extremely rare. We present a case of a 56-year-old African American patient who presented with unilateral knee pain and swelling and was subsequently diagnosed with cryptococcal bone mass with ...
Pradeep Mada, Brad Nowack, Beth Cady, Andrew Stevenson Joel Chandranesan   +3 more
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Given the imperative to scale up integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV services in settings where both are of major public health importance, we aimed to synthesise knowledge concerning implementation of TB/HIV service integration.
Atun, Briggs, Dixon-Woods, Dong, Gandhi, Gunneberg, Harris, Hausler, Laserson, Levin, Maher, Martinot, Micek, Miti, Moher, Ramachandran, Shakarishvilli, Shetty, Shrestha, Ssemafumu, Sutton, Terris-Prestholt, The World Bank Group, Thomas, USAID, Uyei, Van Rie, Vassall, Vijay, Wandwalo, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Zachariah   +36 more
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The treatment of a pregnant HIV positive patient with cryptococcal meningitis in Malawi. Case report and review of treatment options [PDF]

, 2018
This case reports cryptococcal meningitis in an HIV positive woman on antiretroviral therapy, presenting with left middle cerebral artery stroke at 30 weeks gestation. The patient had well-controlled HIV (CD4 count over 200 cells/mL).
Adar, Arruvito, Chen, Chopra, Ely, Heffron, Kaplan, Kiggundu, King, Lopez-Rangel, Loyse, Neuhauser, Park, Perfect, Sabahi, Segerer, Sirinavin, Song, Veltman   +18 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis and hemochromatosis: clues to diagnosis

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2021
Hepatic cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and iron overload can each independently predispose to cryptococcosis. Hereditary hemochromatosis leads to all three of these predispositions.
Larry Nichols, Lindsey Rowley, Ashley Lall   +2 more
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AIDS-defining illnesses at initial diagnosis of HIV in a large Guatemalan cohort [PDF]

, 2017
BackgroundAnecdotal evidence suggests that a high proportion of patients diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala present with AIDS. There remain limited data on the epidemiology of AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) in Central America.MethodsWe conducted a ...
Cordon, Andrea Alonzo, Melendez, Johanna, Powderly, William G, Reinhardt, Samuel W, Ross, Ian, Spec, Andrej, Villatoro, Carlos Mejia   +6 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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