Disseminated cryptococcosis with meningitis, peritonitis, and cryptococcemia in a HIV-negative patient with cirrhosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that causes serious infections in immunocompromised populations. The majority of cases occur in HIV-infected individuals. Disseminated disease is uncommon, and very rarely includes peritonitis. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 41...

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Autores principales: Yehia, Baligh Ramzi, Eberlein, Michael, Sisson, Stephen D, Hager, David N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-170

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