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Cryptococcus neoformans ‐Osteomyelitis im hohen Lebensalter Kasuistischer Beitrag mit Literaturübersicht
Author(s) -
Kromminga R.,
Staib F.,
Thalmann U.,
Jautzke G.,
Seibold M.,
Hochrein H.,
Witt H.,
Bürger H.
Publication year - 1990
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/myc.1990.33.4.157
Subject(s) - cryptococcosis , cryptococcus neoformans , medicine , cryptococcus , diabetes mellitus , lung , pathology , pathogenesis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology
Summary In an 84‐year‐old man cryptococcosis with a pronounced osteomyelitic course (involvement of a rib, two thoracic vertebrae, the sacrum and a femur) was diagnosed histologically post mortem, thus directing attention to cryptococcosis in advanced age. The presumptive chronic course of the Cryptococcus neoformans (Cr. n.) infection in this patient was ascribed to chronic kidney failure, diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive lung disease. Special reference is made to the mycological and radiological diagnosis of cryptococcosis of the bones as well as to its pathogenesis, therapy and epidemiology.