Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()

We present the first case of encephalitis caused by Cryptococcus albidus duo to AIDS. In addition, we give an overview of the literature of extra-dermal infection cases caused by C. albidus. In the 21 cases, HIV and organ transplantation were important risk factors especially in recent 20 years. Fun...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yang, Ma, Shaolin, Wang, Xuebin, Xu, Wei, Tang, Jin
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.002
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description We present the first case of encephalitis caused by Cryptococcus albidus duo to AIDS. In addition, we give an overview of the literature of extra-dermal infection cases caused by C. albidus. In the 21 cases, HIV and organ transplantation were important risk factors especially in recent 20 years. Fungal culture or India ink preparations are the best way to demonstrate C. albidus in both serum and CSF.
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spelling pubmed-39309562014-02-24 Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review() Liu, Yang Ma, Shaolin Wang, Xuebin Xu, Wei Tang, Jin Med Mycol Case Rep Article We present the first case of encephalitis caused by Cryptococcus albidus duo to AIDS. In addition, we give an overview of the literature of extra-dermal infection cases caused by C. albidus. In the 21 cases, HIV and organ transplantation were important risk factors especially in recent 20 years. Fungal culture or India ink preparations are the best way to demonstrate C. albidus in both serum and CSF. Elsevier 2013-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3930956/ /pubmed/24567892 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.002 Text en © 2013 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Liu, Yang
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Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()
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title_full Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()
title_fullStr Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()
title_short Cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed HIV-patient and literature review()
title_sort cryptococcus albidus encephalitis in newly diagnosed hiv-patient and literature review()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.002
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