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Rev. chil. infectol ; 23(4): 330-335, dic. 2006. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-441392

ABSTRACT

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 percent 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.


La infección por Cryptococcus neoformans es infrecuente, los sitios más comunes de presentación son pulmón y SNC. La osteomielitis criptococóccica ocurre en 5 a 10 por ciento de los pacientes con criptococcosis diseminada. La mayoría de casos ocurre entre 21 y 59 años de edad, hay pocos reportes de artritis criptococóccica en adultos mayores.


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Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Arthritis, Infectious/microbiology , Cryptococcosis/diagnosis , Cryptococcus neoformans/isolation & purification , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Arthritis, Infectious/diagnosis , Arthritis, Infectious/drug therapy , Cryptococcosis/drug therapy , Fluconazole/therapeutic use
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