Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review

Candida albicans is found to be part of the normal flora in human skin, oral, and respiratory tract, and is known to be an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised populations; rarely is it a cause of meningitis. This case of a patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Candida...

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Autores principales: Bourbeau, K., Gupta, S., Wang, S.
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/PMC8273402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01216
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description Candida albicans is found to be part of the normal flora in human skin, oral, and respiratory tract, and is known to be an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised populations; rarely is it a cause of meningitis. This case of a patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Candida albicans meningitis illustrates the subtle symptoms and insidious onset of fungal meningitis. This case and review of literature identify the importance of early identification and therapy.
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spelling pubmed-82734022021-07-19 Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review Bourbeau, K. Gupta, S. Wang, S. IDCases Case Report Candida albicans is found to be part of the normal flora in human skin, oral, and respiratory tract, and is known to be an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised populations; rarely is it a cause of meningitis. This case of a patient with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Candida albicans meningitis illustrates the subtle symptoms and insidious onset of fungal meningitis. This case and review of literature identify the importance of early identification and therapy. Elsevier 2021-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8273402/ /pubmed/34285874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01216 Text en 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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title_full Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review
title_fullStr Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review
title_short Candida albicans meningitis in AIDS patient: A case report and literature review
title_sort candida albicans meningitis in aids patient: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8273402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01216
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