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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient

Yaygın kriptokok infeksiyonu olan AIDS olgusu

Esra TANYEL
Levent GÜNGÖR
Hanife SARIKAYA
Necla TÜLEK
Hakan LEBLEBİCİOĞLU
Pages
69–71
Publication Date
2022-10-17
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She was lost on the seventh day of antifungal therapy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In this paper, an AIDS patient with disseminated cryptococcosis is presented.
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Key Findings & Data:Twenty-nine-year old woman was admitted to the clinic with complaints of disarthry and convulsion.
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Conclusion & Impact:She was lost on the seventh day of antifungal therapy.
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Abstract

In this paper, an AIDS patient with disseminated cryptococcosis is presented. Twenty-nine-year old woman was admitted to the clinic with complaints of disarthry and convulsion. She was diagnosed to be HIV-positive, and Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated in the cultures of cerebrospinal fluid, blood and bone marrow. She was lost on the seventh day of antifungal therapy.

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Yaygın kriptokokkozlu bir AIDS hastası sunulmuştur. Yirmi dokuz yaşında kadın hasta, konvülziyon ve konuşma bozukluğu nedeniyle hastaneye başvurdu. İncelemeler sonrası anti-HIV pozitifliği saptandı ve beyin-omurilik sıvısı, kan ve kemik iliği kültürlerinde Cryptococcus neoformans üredi. Hasta, antifungal tedavinin yedinci gününde kaybedildi.

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TANYEL, E., GÜNGÖR, L., SARIKAYA, H., TÜLEK, N., LEBLEBİCİOĞLU, H. (2022). Disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient. İnfeksiyon Dergisi, Cilt: 20 - Sayı: 1, 69–71. https://ajindex.com/articles/546428

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