Caria Joao, Leal Ema, Dias Andre, Pinheiro Helder, Póvoas Diana, Maltez Fernando
Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Lisboa Central, R. da Beneficencia 8, Lisboa, 1050-099, Portugal.
Med Mycol Case Rep. 2022 Sep 28;38:21-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.09.004. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Invasive fungal infections caused by species are increasingly observed in immunosuppressed patients. is the more often identified species and neurocandidiasis is associated with high mortality rates. Diagnosis and treatment of these infections are frequently challenging. We report a case of central nervous system infection caused by in an HIV-1 infected patient. To our best knowledge this is just the second published case of neural infection by this agent.
由该菌种引起的侵袭性真菌感染在免疫抑制患者中越来越常见。该菌种是较常被鉴定出的菌种,并且念珠菌性脑膜炎与高死亡率相关。这些感染的诊断和治疗常常具有挑战性。我们报告了一例由该菌种引起的中枢神经系统感染的HIV-1感染患者。据我们所知,这只是该病原体引起神经感染的第二例已发表病例。