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Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the skull in a liver transplant patient
Author(s) -
Pudipeddi Aviv V.,
Liu Ken,
Watson Geoffrey F.,
Davis Rebecca J.,
Strasser Simone I.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transplant infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1399-3062
pISSN - 1398-2273
DOI - 10.1111/tid.12602
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , cryptococcus neoformans , scalp , cryptococcosis , skull , dermatology , surgery , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
C ryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of osteomyelitis caused by C . neoformans in a liver transplant recipient who presented with a headache and scalp lump after sustaining mild head trauma. There was no evidence of central nervous system involvement or dissemination. This is the first known case report of isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in a liver transplant recipient.