Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710043, China.
Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital Yulin Hospital of Xi'an Jiao Tong University, Yulin, 719000, China.
BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 26;24(1):863. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-09756-5.
Cryptococcal infection of central nervous system commonly involves meningitis or meningoencephalitis, but rarely mimics inflammatory myelitis. We present short segment myelitis as a dominant manifestation caused by Cryptococcus neoformans in a patient with nephrotic syndrome under immunosuppressive therapy. This case report highlights Cryptococcus neoformans as a potential etiological factor for short segment myelitis in immunocompromised hosts.
中枢神经系统的隐球菌感染通常涉及脑膜炎或脑膜脑炎,但很少模仿炎症性脊髓炎。我们报告了一例肾病综合征患者在免疫抑制治疗下以短节段脊髓炎为主要表现的新型隐球菌感染。本病例报告强调了新型隐球菌在免疫功能低下宿主中是短节段脊髓炎的潜在病因。