Vertebro-cerebral cryptococcosis mimicking tuberculosis: A diagnostic dilemma in countries with high burden of tuberculosis.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorGupta, R
dc.contributor.authorKushwaha, S
dc.contributor.authorBehera, S
dc.contributor.authorJaiswal, A
dc.contributor.authorThakur, R
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-18T09:31:13Z
dc.date.available2012-12-18T09:31:13Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.description.abstractWe report a case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent man with disseminated cryptococcosis who was initially treated with antitubercular therapy due to clinical and radiological diagnosis of vertebro-cerebral tuberculosis. The diagnosis of Cryptococcus infection was made due to incidental isolation of this fungus from blood culture with negative cerebrospinal fluid culture results. Though disseminated cryptococcosis with central nervous system, skeletal, and skin involvement is an uncommon manifestation of Cryptococcus neoformans infection, a high clinical suspicion and early initiation of therapy is needed to recognise and treat such patients efficiently.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta R, Kushwaha S, Behera S, Jaiswal A, Thakur R. Vertebro-cerebral cryptococcosis mimicking tuberculosis: A diagnostic dilemma in countries with high burden of tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2012 Apr-June; 30(2): 245-248.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/143958
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2012;volume=30;issue=2;spage=245;epage=248;aulast=Guptaen_US
dc.subjectCryptococcusen_US
dc.subjectdisseminated cryptococcosisen_US
dc.subjectvertebral tuberculosisen_US
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshBlood --microbiology
dc.subject.meshBrain --pathology
dc.subject.meshBrain --radiography
dc.subject.meshCentral Nervous System Fungal Infections --diagnosis
dc.subject.meshCentral Nervous System Fungal Infections --pathology
dc.subject.meshCerebrospinal Fluid --microbiology
dc.subject.meshCryptococcosis --diagnosis
dc.subject.meshCryptococcosis --microbiology
dc.subject.meshCryptococcosis --pathology
dc.subject.meshCryptococcus neoformans --immunology
dc.subject.meshFungemia --microbiology
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMagnetic Resonance Imaging
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshSpinal Cord --pathology
dc.subject.meshSpinal Cord --radiography
dc.titleVertebro-cerebral cryptococcosis mimicking tuberculosis: A diagnostic dilemma in countries with high burden of tuberculosis.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ijmm2012v30n2p245.pdf
Size:
390.09 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Journal article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology