Multiple intracranial abscesses due to Cryptococcus neoformans: an unusual clinical feature in an immunocompetent patient and a short review of reported cases

Autor: Ferry Hagen, Teun Boekhout, Okan Töre, Halis Akalin, Esra Kazak, Sevim Akcaglar, Bahattin Hakyemez, Beyza Ener, Yasemin Heper
Přispěvatelé: Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı., Uludağ Üniversitesi/Tıp Fakültesi/Radyoloji Anabilim Dalı., Töre, Okan, Akçağlar, Sevim, Kazak, Esra, Heper, Yasemin, Akalın, Halis, Hakyemez, Bahattin, Ener, Beyza, AAI-2318-2021
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
Předmět:
Veterinary sciences
Pathology
Stereotactic biopsy
Antifungal Agents
Unclassified drug
Immune deficiency
Flucytosine
Cerebrospinal fluid drainage
Multiple intracranial abscesses
Antimicrobial therapy
Fatal Outcome
Basal ganglion
Medicine
Mannitol
Abscess drainage
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Abscess
Cefepime
Fluconazole
Immunodeficiency
Drug withdrawal
Empyema
Subdural
biology
Ceftriaxone
Brain
Cryptococcosis
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ERA
Add on therapy
Death
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
Brain abscess
Infectious Diseases
Feature (computer vision)
Female
Cerebrospinal fluid examination
Immunocompetence
Human
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Review of reported cases
Symptom
Kidney failure
Neuroimaging
Mycology
Article
Drug substitution
Brain abscesses
Amphotericin B
Metronidazole
Case report
Humans
Meningitis
Disease duration
Cryptococcus neoformans
Brain cyst
Tonic clonic seizure
Cryptococcal Meningitis
Cryptococcus Neoformans
Patient with Meningitis
business.industry
HIV
Meropenem
Anticonvulsive agent
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
bacterial infections and mycoses
Clinical feature
Human cell
Filobasidiella neoformans
Immunology
Brain edema
Therapy
Teicoplanin
business
Epdantoin
Zdroj: Medical Mycology, 48(2), 398-401. Informa Healthcare
ISSN: 1369-3786
Popis: We present a case of multiple intracranial abscesses caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in a patient who presented with no symptoms of immunodeficiency.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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