Cryptococcus neoformans in a child with CSF rhinorrhoea: A cytopathological diagnosis.
Cryptococcus neoformans
fluid cytology
immunocompetent
Journal
Diagnostic cytopathology
ISSN: 1097-0339
Titre abrégé: Diagn Cytopathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8506895
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
revised:
20
04
2021
received:
23
03
2021
accepted:
08
05
2021
pubmed:
23
5
2021
medline:
4
1
2022
entrez:
22
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Cryptococcosis is caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and is fatal in children. The fungus is known to enter respiratory tract by inhalation and localizes in lungs in immunocompetent host. Patients with immunocompromised state facilitate dissemination of disease. However, disseminated cases have been described in immunocompetent HIV-negative individuals. CSF rhinorrhoea as a predisposing cause of cryptococcal meningitis has been rarely reported. We hereby describe C. neoformans directly spreading to the meninges in 1 year child due to CSF rhinorrhoea and the fungus was detected on fluid cytology.
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
E348-E351Informations de copyright
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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