A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Cryptococcosis is a rare fungal disease causes primarily by two opportunistic organisms. It is usually seen in the immunocompromised but rarely it can infect immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of disseminated cryptococcus manifesting as cryptococcal meningitis in a young immunocompetent...

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Autores principales: Myers, Daniel, McVaney, Brooke, Higginbotham, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8053781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.03.001
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description Cryptococcosis is a rare fungal disease causes primarily by two opportunistic organisms. It is usually seen in the immunocompromised but rarely it can infect immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of disseminated cryptococcus manifesting as cryptococcal meningitis in a young immunocompetent individual that led to substantial nonobstructive hydrocephalus which required VP shunt placement.
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spelling pubmed-80537812021-04-22 A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt Myers, Daniel McVaney, Brooke Higginbotham, Zachary Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Cryptococcosis is a rare fungal disease causes primarily by two opportunistic organisms. It is usually seen in the immunocompromised but rarely it can infect immunocompetent individuals. We present a case of disseminated cryptococcus manifesting as cryptococcal meningitis in a young immunocompetent individual that led to substantial nonobstructive hydrocephalus which required VP shunt placement. Elsevier 2021-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8053781/ /pubmed/33898212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.03.001 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
title A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
title_full A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
title_fullStr A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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title_short A case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
title_sort case of disseminated cryptococcus in an immunocompetent individual necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8053781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.03.001
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