Cryptococcal arthritis in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Case report and review of the literature. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cryptococcal arthritis occurring in the setting of disseminated cryptococcosis is described. The literature of cryptococcal arthritis is reviewed and the association of this unusual infection with AIDS is discussed. To our knowledge, this is the first reported association between AIDS and cryptococcal arthritis.

publication date

  • April 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • Arthritis, Infectious
  • Cryptococcosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022919319

PubMed ID

  • 3723508

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 13

issue

  • 2