Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with HIV/AIDS at a teaching hospital in Ghana

OBJECTIVE: To raise awareness of the existence of cryptococcal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Ghana. METHOD: Detailed postmortem gross and histopathological analysis of an HIV/AIDS patient suspected to have cryptococcal meningitis was carried out and histopathological findings correlated with cl...

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Autores principales: Akakpo, KP, Quayson, SE, Lartey, M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27489672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X14565421
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To raise awareness of the existence of cryptococcal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Ghana. METHOD: Detailed postmortem gross and histopathological analysis of an HIV/AIDS patient suspected to have cryptococcal meningitis was carried out and histopathological findings correlated with clinical findings. RESULTS: showed disseminated Cryptococcosis in an HIV/AIDS patient which was confirmed with special stains. CONCLUSION: cryptococcal infection occurs in HIV /AIDS patients in Ghanaian and when clinically suspected the diagnosis should be pursued vigorously.

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