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Cryptococcosis in cirrhotic patients
Author(s) -
França Alex Vianey Callado,
Carneiro Marcos,
Sasso Karina dal,
Souza Cacilda da Silva,
Martinelli Ana
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2004.01064.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcosis , cryptococcus neoformans , medicine , cerebrospinal fluid , ascitic fluid , cryptococcus , pathology , meningitis , pleural fluid , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pleural effusion , surgery , ascites
Summary The objective of the present study was to report on three distinct forms of presentation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection in three cirrhotic patients. One patient had disseminated cryptococcosis with detection of the fungus in ascitic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and blood; the second patient had pleural involvement and the third had cutaneous infection caused by C. neoformans .