Meningoencephalitis of Cryptococcus Etiology
Meningoencefalitída kryptokokovej etiológie
Infekcie, ktorých póvodcom je Cryptococcus neoformans, sa vyskytujú převážné u pacientov s poruchami funkcie T-lymfocytov, a najma u osob s AIDS.Autoři sa domnievajú, že touto infekciou sú ohrození tiež fudia vyššieho veku, a to aj relativné zdraví. Zaznamenali fatálnu kryptokokovú meningoencefalitídu s fulminantným priebehom u 76-ročnej pacientky bez prejavov imunodeficitu v anamnéze.
Klíčová slova:
meningoencephalitis - Cryptococcus neoformans.
Authors:
Sinajová E.\ Volleková A. 2; J. Hudáčková 3; E. Straka; . 4
Authors‘ workplace:
Oddelenie klinickej mikrobiologie - FNsP J. A. Reimana, Prešov 2 Mykologické laboratorním, Katedra dermatovenerológie SZU, Bratislava Infekčně oddelenie - FNsP J. A. Reimana, Prešov Oddelenie patologie - FNsP J. A. Reimana, Prešov
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Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 2003, č. 3, s. 95-99
Category:
Overview
Infections caused by Cryptococcus neoformans affect mainly patients with impaired functions oř T-cells, and in particular individuals with AIDS.The authors suppose also older subjects in relatively good health to be endangered by this infection. A čase of fatal cryptococcal meningoencephalitis with fulminant coarse was detected in a 76-year female patient without evident immunodeficiency.
Key words:
meningoencephalitis - Cryptococcus neoformans.
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