Successful Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Bone Marrow Infiltration in a Young HIV/AIDS Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Successful Management of Cryptococcal Meningitis and Bone Marrow Infiltration in a Young HIV/AIDS Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Published:2019-02-19 Issue: Volume:2019 Page:1-3
ISSN:2090-6625
Container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases

Author:

Patel Sonika¹^ORCID,Jalbut Marla²,Esham Kimberly S.³,Stone David⁴

Affiliation:

1. University of Maryland Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 22 S Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

2. Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111, USA

3. Tufts Medical Center, Hematology/Oncology, 800 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111, USA

4. Tufts Medical Center, Infectious Disease, 800 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111, USA

Abstract

Bone marrow cryptococcosis has been rarely reported in the literature, and there are no established treatment guidelines specific to this AIDS-related complication. The recommended treatment for AIDS-related invasive fungal treatments include amphotericin B and flucytosine which are associated with an array of complications making optimal treatment recommendations difficult. This case presentation represents an example of a patient with newly diagnosed AIDS and bone marrow cryptococcosis, which was successfully managed with an antifungal regimen adjusted to her comorbidities.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/criid/2019/1613072.pdf

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