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Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host
With the emergence of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the resulting immunocompromised state, Cryptococcus neoformans infections have gained more importance in clinical practice. Cryptococcal infections in immunocompetent hosts continue to be uncommon. We present a rare case of Cryptococcus ne...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.002 |
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author | Roy, Moni Ahmad, Sharjeel Roy, Ashish Kumar |
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description | With the emergence of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the resulting immunocompromised state, Cryptococcus neoformans infections have gained more importance in clinical practice. Cryptococcal infections in immunocompetent hosts continue to be uncommon. We present a rare case of Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis (IE) in a young immunocompetent male. As per our literature review, this is the first reported case of native valve Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetent host. All cases till date have been reported in patients with underlying immunocompromised state or prosthetic valve. |
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spelling | pubmed-60009922018-06-14 Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host Roy, Moni Ahmad, Sharjeel Roy, Ashish Kumar IDCases Article With the emergence of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the resulting immunocompromised state, Cryptococcus neoformans infections have gained more importance in clinical practice. Cryptococcal infections in immunocompetent hosts continue to be uncommon. We present a rare case of Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis (IE) in a young immunocompetent male. As per our literature review, this is the first reported case of native valve Cryptococcus neoformans endocarditis in an immunocompetent host. All cases till date have been reported in patients with underlying immunocompromised state or prosthetic valve. Elsevier 2018-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6000992/ /pubmed/29904622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.002 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Roy, Moni Ahmad, Sharjeel Roy, Ashish Kumar Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title | Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title_full | Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title_fullStr | Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title_full_unstemmed | Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title_short | Cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
title_sort | cryptococcus neoformans infective endocarditis of native valves in an immunocompetent host |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000992/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.002 |
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