Myositis due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a Diabetic Patient / 대한임상미생물학회지
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
;
: 141-143, 2009.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-146795
ABSTRACT
We report a rare case of cryptococcal myositis with dissemination to lung in a 66-year-old diabetic woman who had no apparent risk factors for cryptococcal disease. She visited the hospital with a continuous pain in the right thigh and fever despite of treatment with antibiotics. She developed a localized lung infiltration. Crytococcus neoformans was isolated from the abscess of the right thigh and confirmed by molecular identification with DNA sequence analysis. Biopsy of the involved lung showed numerous budding yeasts consistent with Cryptocococcus species. The patient was successfully treated with surgical drainage and systemic antifungal agents.
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Main subject:
Thigh
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Biopsy
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Drainage
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Risk Factors
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Sequence Analysis
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Cryptococcus
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Abscess
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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