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Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Cryptococcal meningitis is a life-threatening condition caused by a fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, that can infect both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent hosts. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in severely immunodeficient patients. However, in an immunocompetent pati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030075 |
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author | Zimelewicz Oberman, Dan Patrucco, Liliana Cuello Oderiz, Carolina |
author_facet | Zimelewicz Oberman, Dan Patrucco, Liliana Cuello Oderiz, Carolina |
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description | Cryptococcal meningitis is a life-threatening condition caused by a fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, that can infect both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent hosts. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in severely immunodeficient patients. However, in an immunocompetent patient it represents a diagnostic challenge, mainly because it is extremely rare, but also because of its nonspecific clinical manifestation. Neurovascular involvement in cryptococcal meningitis is rare and not well known and only few reports have described this association. We describe a cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient associated with central nervous system vasculitis. |
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spelling | pubmed-61638092018-10-11 Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient Zimelewicz Oberman, Dan Patrucco, Liliana Cuello Oderiz, Carolina Diseases Case Report Cryptococcal meningitis is a life-threatening condition caused by a fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, that can infect both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent hosts. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in severely immunodeficient patients. However, in an immunocompetent patient it represents a diagnostic challenge, mainly because it is extremely rare, but also because of its nonspecific clinical manifestation. Neurovascular involvement in cryptococcal meningitis is rare and not well known and only few reports have described this association. We describe a cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent patient associated with central nervous system vasculitis. MDPI 2018-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6163809/ /pubmed/30200288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030075 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Zimelewicz Oberman, Dan Patrucco, Liliana Cuello Oderiz, Carolina Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title | Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_full | Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_fullStr | Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_short | Central Nervous System Vasculitis for Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient |
title_sort | central nervous system vasculitis for cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163809/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases6030075 |
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