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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAntifungal Potential of Leptadenia Hastata Against Some Pathogenic FungiIsaac John Umaru, Fasihuddin A. Badruddin, Henry Y. Wakawa et al.The objective of this study was to evaluate if the plant extract could provide antifungal potential against some pathogenic fungi. Extract of Dichloromethane solvents was used for disc diffusion assay. The inhibitory concentration of the extract was performed by broth dilution method and zone of inhibition was studied by disc diffusion method at the concentration of 25, 50, 100, 250, … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 9 Mar 2018 · 10,158 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessIn the keywordsDisseminated Cryptococcal Disease with Skeletal and Pulmonary InvolvementNikko Rowe Asuncion Tabliago, Paula McKenzie, Caroline Dillon, Amelia MorganCryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that typically causes illness in immunocompromised hosts. Manifestations of the disease include pulmonary, Central Nervous System (CNS), and rare skeletal involvement. Optimal antifungal therapy for skeletal involvement has yet to be established. Here we present a potential antifungal regimen for disseminated cryptococcal disease with skeletal and pulmonary involvement in a patient with Chronic Lymphocytic … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 18, Issue 3 · 1 Aug 2022 · 5,910 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractPulmonary Cryptococcosis Complicated by Pneumococcal Pneumonia Co-Infection with Influenza AVirusYoshihiro Kobashi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Shigeki Kato, Toru OgaA 73-year-old man visited Kawasaki Medical School Hospital with complaints of cough and fever persisting for five days. He was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2010 and had received immunosuppressive treatment for eight years. He presented with infiltration shadows in the bilateral middle and lower lung fields. Because both influenza A virus antigen and urinary pneumococcal pneumonia antigen were positive … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 17, Issue 2 · 22 Apr 2021 · 6,383 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCryptococcosis Neuro-Brain in 42 Patients at the University Hospital of BrazzavilleOssibi Ibara Bienvenu Rolland, Mabiala Babela Jean Robert, Attinsounon Cossi Angelo et al.To describe epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic; and evolutionary aspects of Neuromeningeal Cryptococcus (NMC) at Brazzaville University Hospital and to find out factors associated to death. A descriptive and analytical retrospective study of NMC files in the infectious diseases department between January 1 and December 31, 2013. 973 patients were hospitalized, 42 NMC cases (4.3%) were compiled. The mean age was 40.2±10.4 … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 2 Mar 2018 · 7,406 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Exceptional Case Report of Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis in Human Immunodeficiency VirusA. S. Valan, S. Kumar, K. Ramalingam et al.Problem statement: Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans, a dimorphic fungus. In patients with AIDS, skin manifestations represent the second most common site of disseminated Cryptococcosis. Approach: Mr. A 42 year old farmer was referred from Voluntary Counseling and Testing Centre (VCTC) with positive HIV status to the outpatient department with one week history of … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 16 Aug 2011 · 8,278 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA 28 Years Old Woman with Severe Headache and Few Episodes of Vomiting: A Case ReportAhmad Reza Nakhayi, Tasnim Eghbal Eftekhaari, Hossein Montazerghaem et al.Problem statement: Cryptococcosis neoformans is commonest central nervous system infection in individuals infected with HIV. Most of the patients infected with Cryptococcus neoformans present with headache and visual changes. Approach: A 28 year old woman presented to Emergency Department (ED) with a chief complaint of headache, fever and vomiting and developed seizures during the first hour of admission. Firstly, diagnosed … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2010 · 8,154 accessesView PDF Cite