title: [Cryptococcus neoformans arthritis in elderly adult: case report and review].
abstract: Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We describe the case of a 92-year-old woman with a Cryptococcus neoformans knee joint infection associated to osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Reumatología, Servicio de Medicina, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile. germangil2002@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Germán
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gil L
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Foster B
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Neira Q
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palma C
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Basualdo A
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heredia P
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández V
authors.forename: Chrystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juliet L
authors.forename: Juan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tapia A
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole