Gurung Shrijana, Sherpa Nagyal T, Yoden Bhutia Pema, Pradhan Jagat, Peralam Yegneshwaran Prakash
Department of Microbiology, Sir Thotub Namgyal Memorial Hospital, Gangtok 737101, Sikkim, India.
Department of Medicine, Sir Thotub Namgyal Memorial Hospital, Gangtok 737101, Sikkim, India.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2012 May 26;1(1):27-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2012.05.004. eCollection 2012.
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti both cause infection in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of meningitis with C. gatti in an AIDS patient. This case to our knowledge is the first case of C. gatti being reported from Sikkim (North East India).
新型隐球菌和格特隐球菌均可在免疫功能低下的患者中引起感染。我们报告了1例艾滋病患者感染格特隐球菌导致脑膜炎的病例。据我们所知,该病例是印度东北部锡金邦报告的首例格特隐球菌病例。