Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()

Cryptococcal infection has been increasing among immunosuppressed population. We report three cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in immunosuppressed patients – two renal transplanted and one with lupus nephritis. Early infection (<3months) was diagnosed in two – an allograft Cryptococcus...

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Autores principales: Ventura Aguiar, Pedro, Lopes, Virgínia, Martins, La Salete, Santos, Josefina, Almeida, Manuela, Pedroso, Sofia, Dias, Leonídio, Castro Henriques, António, Ramos, Helena, Cabrita, António
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Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.003
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author Ventura Aguiar, Pedro
Lopes, Virgínia
Martins, La Salete
Santos, Josefina
Almeida, Manuela
Pedroso, Sofia
Dias, Leonídio
Castro Henriques, António
Ramos, Helena
Cabrita, António
author_facet Ventura Aguiar, Pedro
Lopes, Virgínia
Martins, La Salete
Santos, Josefina
Almeida, Manuela
Pedroso, Sofia
Dias, Leonídio
Castro Henriques, António
Ramos, Helena
Cabrita, António
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description Cryptococcal infection has been increasing among immunosuppressed population. We report three cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in immunosuppressed patients – two renal transplanted and one with lupus nephritis. Early infection (<3months) was diagnosed in two – an allograft Cryptococcus infection and a central nervous system involvement. The third, a 10-year transplant vintage patient, presented with cryptococcal meningitis. Amphotericin B provided good clinical outcomes. We outline the importance of suspicion for cryptococcal infection in immunosuppressed patients.
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spelling pubmed-39309622014-02-24 Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting() Ventura Aguiar, Pedro Lopes, Virgínia Martins, La Salete Santos, Josefina Almeida, Manuela Pedroso, Sofia Dias, Leonídio Castro Henriques, António Ramos, Helena Cabrita, António Med Mycol Case Rep Article Cryptococcal infection has been increasing among immunosuppressed population. We report three cases of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in immunosuppressed patients – two renal transplanted and one with lupus nephritis. Early infection (<3months) was diagnosed in two – an allograft Cryptococcus infection and a central nervous system involvement. The third, a 10-year transplant vintage patient, presented with cryptococcal meningitis. Amphotericin B provided good clinical outcomes. We outline the importance of suspicion for cryptococcal infection in immunosuppressed patients. Elsevier 2013-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3930962/ /pubmed/24567894 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.003 Text en © 2013 International Society for Human and Animal Mycology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ventura Aguiar, Pedro
Lopes, Virgínia
Martins, La Salete
Santos, Josefina
Almeida, Manuela
Pedroso, Sofia
Dias, Leonídio
Castro Henriques, António
Ramos, Helena
Cabrita, António
Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title_full Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title_fullStr Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title_short Cryptococcal infection in non-HIV immunosuppressed patients – Three case reports in a nephrology setting()
title_sort cryptococcal infection in non-hiv immunosuppressed patients – three case reports in a nephrology setting()
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24567894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.11.003
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