Cryptococcus neoformans arthritis in elderly adult: case report and review

Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista chilena de infectología 2006-12, Vol.23 (4), p.330
Hauptverfasser:	Gil L, Germán, Foster B, Carolina, Neira Q, Oscar, Palma C, Sergio, Basualdo A, Javier, Heredia P, Carolina, Fernández V, Alejandra, Juliet L, Chrystal, Tapia A, Juan C
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Sprache:	spa
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Arthritis, Infectious - diagnosis Arthritis, Infectious - drug therapy Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology Cryptococcosis - diagnosis Cryptococcosis - drug therapy Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification Female Fluconazole - therapeutic use Humans
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Zusammenfassung:	Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We describe the case of a 92-year-old woman with a Cryptococcus neoformans knee joint infection associated to osteomyelitis.
ISSN:	0716-1018