[Cryptococcus neoformans arthritis in elderly adult: case report and review].
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.
Gil L
Germán
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Sección de Reumatología, Servicio de Medicina, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile. germangil2002@yahoo.com.mx
Foster B
Carolina
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Neira Q
Oscar
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Palma C
Sergio
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Basualdo A
Javier
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Heredia P
Carolina
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Fernández V
Alejandra
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Juliet L
Chrystal
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Tapia A
Juan C
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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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole