Bifocal Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Male

INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcus neoformans commonly affects lungs and central nervous system that to in immunocompromised individual. Bony involvement is extremely rare and most common site is vertebrae and usual presentation is monofocal. CASE REPORT: We present 18-year-old male with bifocal osteomyelit...

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Autores principales: Delat, Rohit, Laheri, Vinodchandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28507958
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.610
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description INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcus neoformans commonly affects lungs and central nervous system that to in immunocompromised individual. Bony involvement is extremely rare and most common site is vertebrae and usual presentation is monofocal. CASE REPORT: We present 18-year-old male with bifocal osteomyelitis of scapula and tibia in immunocompetent male. CONCLUSION: Cryptococcal osteomyelitis should be kept as a differential diagnosis in a patient as a primary diagnosis to avoid diagnostic delay and morbidity associated with it.
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spelling pubmed-54041532017-05-15 Bifocal Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Male Delat, Rohit Laheri, Vinodchandra J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Cryptococcus neoformans commonly affects lungs and central nervous system that to in immunocompromised individual. Bony involvement is extremely rare and most common site is vertebrae and usual presentation is monofocal. CASE REPORT: We present 18-year-old male with bifocal osteomyelitis of scapula and tibia in immunocompetent male. CONCLUSION: Cryptococcal osteomyelitis should be kept as a differential diagnosis in a patient as a primary diagnosis to avoid diagnostic delay and morbidity associated with it. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5404153/ /pubmed/28507958 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.610 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 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-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Bifocal Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Male
title_full_unstemmed Bifocal Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Male
title_short Bifocal Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Male
title_sort bifocal cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent male
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28507958
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.610
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