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Achados Epidemiológicos de Neurocriptococose em Pacientes Imunocompetentes: Relato de Casos de um Hospital Público de Joinville, Brasil

Justificativa e Objetivos: Neurocriptococose é uma doença fúngica que acomete principalmente pacientes imunocomprometidos. Casos em pacientes imunocompetentes têm sido descritos em alguns relatos de casos; no entanto, por não ser uma doença de notificação compulsória no Brasil até 2020, ainda p...

Epidemiological and TNFα polymorphism evaluation in patients with cryptococcal meningitis treated at a referral hospital in North Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The present study evaluated the epidemiology of cryptococcal meningitis and TNFα gene polymorphisms in patients at a reference hospital in northern Brazil. METHODS: Samples from 25 patients infected with Cryptococcus spp. were collected to confirm the infection and to anal...

Epidemiología molecular de la criptococosis en un Hospital de enfermedades infecciosas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: análisis de 25 años

Prensa méd. argent; 104 (10), 2018
La criptococosis es una micosis grave de distribución universal, que afecta principalmente a huéspedes inmunocomprometidos. Es una de las principales causas de morbilidad y mortalidad en los pacientes infectados con el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (HIV). Provoca al menos 620 000 muertes al año...

Molecular types of Cryptococcus species isolated from patients with cryptococcal meningitis in a Brazilian tertiary care hospital

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (6), 2018
ABSTRACT There are limited data on the molecular epidemiology of cryptococcosis in Brazil. Here, we report on the identification of the molecular pattern of the Cryptococcus species that caused meningitis in patients admitted in a Brazilian reference tertiary care hospital, and review the published studi...

Cryptococcal meningitis epidemiology: 17 years of experience in a State of the Brazilian Pantanal

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to describe cryptococcal meningitis (CM) cases and the associated demographic, clinical, and microbiological data obtained from cities in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Midwestern region of Brazil. METHODS: The data from 129 patients with laboratory-con...

Caracterización molecular de los aislamientos de Cryptococcus neoformans de pacientes con HIV, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (3), 2017
Resumen Introducción. La neurocriptococosis es una infección fúngica oportunista que representa un alto costo en vidas humanas y para la economía de los países. Sus agentes causales, las especies del complejo Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii, tienen una fase sexuada y otra asexuada, cua...

Epidemiological characterization and prognostic factors in patients with confirmed cerebral cryptococcosis in central Taiwan

BackgroundCryptococcal meningitis is a deadly fungal infection. This study aimed to characterize the epidemiology of cerebral cryptococcosis and to define its prognostic factors.MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected clinical information from cryptococcal meningitis patients with confirmed cerebral ...