Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report

We report an unusual case of 70 years old, immunocompetent woman who was diagnosed with vertebral cryptococcosis. The diagnosis was made on the basis of radiological and histological findings. The outcome was favorable under antifungal treatment.

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Autores principales: Houda, Bachir, Wafa, Ammouri, Zoubida, Tazi Mezalek, Mohamed, Adnaoui, Mohamed, Aouni, Hicham, Harmouche
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121450
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author Houda, Bachir
Wafa, Ammouri
Zoubida, Tazi Mezalek
Mohamed, Adnaoui
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spelling pubmed-32016062011-11-25 Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report Houda, Bachir Wafa, Ammouri Zoubida, Tazi Mezalek Mohamed, Adnaoui Mohamed, Aouni Hicham, Harmouche Pan Afr Med J Case Report We report an unusual case of 70 years old, immunocompetent woman who was diagnosed with vertebral cryptococcosis. The diagnosis was made on the basis of radiological and histological findings. The outcome was favorable under antifungal treatment. African Field Epidemiology Network 2011-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3201606/ /pubmed/22121450 Text en © Bachir Houda et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mohamed, Adnaoui
Mohamed, Aouni
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Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title_full Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title_fullStr Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title_full_unstemmed Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title_short Vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
title_sort vertebral cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient - a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201606/
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