Pudipeddi Aviv V, Liu Ken, Watson Geoffrey F, Davis Rebecca J, Strasser Simone I
AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Department of Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2016 Dec;18(6):954-956. doi: 10.1111/tid.12602. Epub 2016 Oct 20.
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen and an important cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of osteomyelitis caused by C. neoformans in a liver transplant recipient who presented with a headache and scalp lump after sustaining mild head trauma. There was no evidence of central nervous system involvement or dissemination. This is the first known case report of isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in a liver transplant recipient.
新型隐球菌是一种机会性真菌病原体，是免疫功能低下患者发病和死亡的重要原因。我们报告了一例肝移植受者发生的由新型隐球菌引起的骨髓炎病例，该患者在轻度头部外伤后出现头痛和头皮肿块。没有中枢神经系统受累或播散的证据。这是已知的首例肝移植受者孤立性隐球菌骨髓炎病例报告。
