Fatal Invasive Cryptococcal Infection in an HIV-Negative Elderly Patient with Decompensated Hepatic Cirrhosis

Diagnosis of invasive cryptococcal infection in apparently nonimmunocompromised patients is difficult and often delayed. Human immunodeficiency virus- (HIV-) negative patients with decompensated hepatic cirrhosis might be at high risk of cryptococcal infection. We report here an 82-year-old Japanese...

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Autores principales: Koba, Shigeru, Ueda, Kazuki, Mori, Masahiro, Miki, Kenji, Imashuku, Shinsaku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5174518

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