title: Isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is a rare infection in HIV-negative individuals. While the lungs and the central nervous system are most commonly infected, skeletal cryptococcosis is uncommon and isolated osteomyelitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans is quite rare. To our knowledge, only 47 cases of isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis have been reported from 1974 to 2005. We report a case of isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient, who received 12 weeks of fluconazole with complete recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine , Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. muhamad_irfan_qadir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Qadir
authors.forename: Farheen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Umair Zafar
authors.initials: UZ
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Umer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003454:Cryptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole