Artritis por Cryptococcus neoformans en un adulto mayor: Presentación de un caso y revisión / Cryptococcus neoformans arthritis in elderly adult: Case report and review
Rev. chil. infectol
;
23(4): 330-335, dic. 2006. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| 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.
RESUMEN
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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Main subject:
Arthritis, Infectious
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Cryptococcosis
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Cryptococcus neoformans
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. infectol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital del Salvador/CL
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