Fatal fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly diabetic woman presenting with pleural effusion

This is a fatal case of fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented pleural effusion as the only clinical presentation. Not only infections of the pleura are uncommon presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis, but these infections due to non-...

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Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:
Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/27728
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062034
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27728
Palabra clave:
Pleural effusion
Cryptococcus
Fungemia
Diabetes Mellitus
type 2
Elderly
Colombia
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