RESUMO
Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We describe the case of a 92-year-old woman with a Cryptococcus neoformans knee joint infection associated to osteomyelitis.
Assuntos
Artrite Infecciosa/microbiologia , Criptococose/diagnóstico , Cryptococcus neoformans/isolamento & purificação , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Artrite Infecciosa/diagnóstico , Artrite Infecciosa/tratamento farmacológico , Criptococose/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Fluconazol/uso terapêutico , HumanosRESUMO
Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10 percent of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We describe the case of a 92-year-old woman with a Cryptococcus neoformans knee joint infection associated to osteomyelitis.
La infección por Cryptococcus neoformans es infrecuente, los sitios más comunes de presentación son pulmón y SNC. La osteomielitis criptococóccica ocurre en 5 a 10 por ciento de los pacientes con criptococcosis diseminada. La mayoría de casos ocurre entre 21 y 59 años de edad, hay pocos reportes de artritis criptococóccica en adultos mayores.