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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| Summary: | 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-C. neoformans species are extremely rare. This report places C. albidus on the growing number of disseminated mycosis-causing agents in diabetic patients. |
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