‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis

Cryptococcal neoformans is a rare fungal pathogen that has been associated with immunocompromised individuals. Due to its rare occurrence, clinicians have a low index of suspicion for diagnosis, which can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. We present an 81-year-old fully functional woman wit...

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Autores principales: Essien, Francis, Westbrook, Marquise, Wolfley, Graey, Patterson, Shane, Carrol, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9280844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35847478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20406223221102784
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author Essien, Francis
Westbrook, Marquise
Wolfley, Graey
Patterson, Shane
Carrol, Matthew
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description Cryptococcal neoformans is a rare fungal pathogen that has been associated with immunocompromised individuals. Due to its rare occurrence, clinicians have a low index of suspicion for diagnosis, which can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. We present an 81-year-old fully functional woman with no known predisposing risk factors or previous immunocompromising conditions who was found to have cryptococcal meningitis on cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the setting of newly diagnosed uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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spelling pubmed-92808442022-07-15 ‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis Essien, Francis Westbrook, Marquise Wolfley, Graey Patterson, Shane Carrol, Matthew Ther Adv Chronic Dis Case Report Cryptococcal neoformans is a rare fungal pathogen that has been associated with immunocompromised individuals. Due to its rare occurrence, clinicians have a low index of suspicion for diagnosis, which can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. We present an 81-year-old fully functional woman with no known predisposing risk factors or previous immunocompromising conditions who was found to have cryptococcal meningitis on cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the setting of newly diagnosed uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). SAGE Publications 2022-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9280844/ /pubmed/35847478 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20406223221102784 Text en © The Author(s), 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis
title ‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis
title_full ‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis
title_fullStr ‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis
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title_short ‘When Cryptococcus strikes and lupus is found’: a unique covert unveiling of systemic lupus erythematosus presenting as subacute meningitis
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35847478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20406223221102784
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