Possibility of in-hospital infection by Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with AIDS
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
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34(5): 383-7, set.-out. 1992. ilus, mapas
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ABSTRACT
The objective of the present work was to carry out a survey of soil samples taken from different areas of a hospital of infectious disease located in the city of Córdoba, where three AIDS patients were hospitalized during different periods in the same ward. The three of them returned with meningeal cryptococcosis between three or five months after having been discharged. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated in 8/10 samples collected outside the hospital, near the pigeon house. The samples collected from the AIDS patients ward and its surroundings were negative. These findings suggest that the patients may have been infected by the fungus during their first stay in hospital
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Assunto principal:
Infecção Hospitalar
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HIV-1
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Meningite Fúngica
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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