Cryptococcal myositis: a case report and review of the literature.
Only rare cases of cryptococcal myositis have been previously reported in the literature. All of these cases have occurred in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. We report a case of cryptococcal myositis diagnosed premortem on a needle biopsy in a heart transplant patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy.
Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
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O'Neill
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Ormsby
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000382:microbiology; D009220:Myositis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents