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  1. Liver dysfunction as the presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis

    Liver dysfunction as the presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Shailaja Shukla --- Department of Pathology, India Jyoti Garg --- Department of Pathology, India Gunjan Mahajan --- Department of Pathology, India Sunita Sharma --- Department of Pathology, India
    Disseminated cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent individuals with central nervous and respiratory systems being the most common initial sites of involvement. Liver dysfunction as a presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis has been reported rarely, with the majority of patients being...
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  2. Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to <em>Aureobasidium pullulans</em>

    Disseminated fungal infection in an HIV-infected patient due to Aureobasidium pullulans

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: Wesley G. van Hougenhouck-Tulleken --- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Garrison Mathole --- Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Alan Karstaedt --- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Nimmisha Govind --- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa Magendhree Moodley --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Sharona Seetharam --- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Nelesh P. Govender --- National Institute for Communicable Diseases(Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa Colin N. Menezes --- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, South Africa
    In South Africa, novel fungal pathogens have emerged as an important cause of disease in HIV-infected individuals. The clinical presentation is characteristically prolonged, insidious and the diagnosis elusive, often being made post mortem. We report an HIV-infected individual with a...
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