Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis

We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 42-year old immunocompetent female. Prior to admission at Bugando Medical Center, the patient was attended at three hospitals for hypertension and clinically diagnosed malaria. Following diagnosis of disseminated Cryptococcus at our center, she wa...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Raymond M., Moremi, Nyambura, Mushi, Martha F., Bader, Oliver, Ngoya, Patrick S., Desderius, Bernard M., Rambau, Peter, Kabangila, Rodrick, Groß, Uwe, Mshana, Stephen E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.003
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author Wilson, Raymond M.
Moremi, Nyambura
Mushi, Martha F.
Bader, Oliver
Ngoya, Patrick S.
Desderius, Bernard M.
Rambau, Peter
Kabangila, Rodrick
Groß, Uwe
Mshana, Stephen E.
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Moremi, Nyambura
Mushi, Martha F.
Bader, Oliver
Ngoya, Patrick S.
Desderius, Bernard M.
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Kabangila, Rodrick
Groß, Uwe
Mshana, Stephen E.
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description We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 42-year old immunocompetent female. Prior to admission at Bugando Medical Center, the patient was attended at three hospitals for hypertension and clinically diagnosed malaria. Following diagnosis of disseminated Cryptococcus at our center, she was successfully treated with fluconazole but remained with visual loss. Blood cultures should be considered in the management of any adult presenting with fever to enable early detection of the least expected differentials like in this case.
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spelling pubmed-62357522018-11-19 Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis Wilson, Raymond M. Moremi, Nyambura Mushi, Martha F. Bader, Oliver Ngoya, Patrick S. Desderius, Bernard M. Rambau, Peter Kabangila, Rodrick Groß, Uwe Mshana, Stephen E. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 42-year old immunocompetent female. Prior to admission at Bugando Medical Center, the patient was attended at three hospitals for hypertension and clinically diagnosed malaria. Following diagnosis of disseminated Cryptococcus at our center, she was successfully treated with fluconazole but remained with visual loss. Blood cultures should be considered in the management of any adult presenting with fever to enable early detection of the least expected differentials like in this case. Elsevier 2018-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6235752/ /pubmed/30456162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.003 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 Case Report
Wilson, Raymond M.
Moremi, Nyambura
Mushi, Martha F.
Bader, Oliver
Ngoya, Patrick S.
Desderius, Bernard M.
Rambau, Peter
Kabangila, Rodrick
Groß, Uwe
Mshana, Stephen E.
Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title_full Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title_fullStr Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title_short Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
title_sort disseminated cryptococcosis in a hiv-negative patient: case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6235752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456162
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.07.003
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