Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common condition in HIV-infected patients which is frequently missed or misdiagnosed in resource-limited countries. We report a case of HIV/AIDS patient who was misdiagnosed with a fatal outcome. There is a need to implement screening tools to be used where the diagnosi...

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Autores principales: Gunda, Daniel W, Bakshi, Fatma A, Rambau, Peter, Kilonzo, Semvua B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.337
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author Gunda, Daniel W
Bakshi, Fatma A
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description Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common condition in HIV-infected patients which is frequently missed or misdiagnosed in resource-limited countries. We report a case of HIV/AIDS patient who was misdiagnosed with a fatal outcome. There is a need to implement screening tools to be used where the diagnosis may not be confirmed.
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spelling pubmed-45747912015-09-23 Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report Gunda, Daniel W Bakshi, Fatma A Rambau, Peter Kilonzo, Semvua B Clin Case Rep Case Reports Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common condition in HIV-infected patients which is frequently missed or misdiagnosed in resource-limited countries. We report a case of HIV/AIDS patient who was misdiagnosed with a fatal outcome. There is a need to implement screening tools to be used where the diagnosis may not be confirmed. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015-09 2015-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4574791/ /pubmed/26401280 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.337 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title_full Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title_fullStr Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title_short Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed HIV patient in Tanzania: a case report
title_sort pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as acute severe respiratory distress in a newly diagnosed hiv patient in tanzania: a case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4574791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.337
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