Cryptococcus neoformans:systematic review of the cases occurred in Brazil

Authors

  • Rodrigo dos Santos Diniz
  • Inara Dantas da Silva
  • Maria Tereza Barreto de Oliveira
  • Aurigena Antunes de Araújo Ferreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v4i3.4206

Keywords:

Cryptococcus neoformans, cryptococcosis- Review Literature.

Abstract

The paper performs a systematic revision of clinical cases of patients with cryptococcosis in Brazil. We selected 13 papers printed in PUBMED, from 1995 to 2005. Nine papers refer to clinical cases in regions Central-East, South and Southeast, and three in regions North and Northeast. We studied the several authors, year, locality, number of clinical cases, agent, signals and symptoms, correlated diseases, immune response and outcome. The major cases of cryptococcosis in regions South, Southwest and Central-East occurred in patients with Aids. The cases of Criptococcus neoformans gattii occurred mainly in Northeast. The signals and symptoms of the infection are related to problems in central nervous system and lungs. The outcome of cryptococcosis cases described in the literature is reduced probably due to co-infection with Aids.

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Published

2005-01-01

How to Cite

Diniz, R. dos S., Silva, I. D. da, Oliveira, M. T. B. de, & Ferreira, A. A. de A. (2005). Cryptococcus neoformans:systematic review of the cases occurred in Brazil. Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences, 4(3), 236–241. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v4i3.4206

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2005): Revista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas

Section

Review Articles

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