Myositis resulting from disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with hepatitis C cirrhosis.

Two Cases of Cryptococcuria Developed as Isolated Cryptococcuria and Disseminated Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcus is an opportunistic pathogen that mainly affects immunocompromised hosts and, less frequently, immunocompetent hosts. It causes serious morbidity and mortality due to systemic infections such as meningoencephalitis and pulmonary infection. Urinary involvement of Cryptococcus is sometimes reported among cases of disseminated cryptococcosis in AIDS patients, but no such reports have ...

Disseminated cryptococcosis with meningitis, peritonitis, and cryptococcemia in a HIV-negative patient with cirrhosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that causes serious infections in immunocompromised populations. The majority of cases occur in HIV-infected individuals. Disseminated disease is uncommon, and very rarely includes peritonitis. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 41-year-old, HIV-negative, Caucasian man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis who presented with fever an...

Study on Prevalence of TTV among Cirrhotic patients due to Hepatitis B & C in Ahwaz University Hospitals during the Years 2004-2005

Background and Aims: Recently, a novel DNA virus was isolated from the serum of a patient with post-transfusion non A-G hepatitis and named TT virus. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence TT virus among cirrhotic patients due to hepatitis B & C in infection Ahwaz. Methods: The prevalence of TTV infection was studied in 41 patients with liver cirrhosis. TTV DNA was detected ...

Cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient with cirrhosis and hepatitis C virus infection.

Intrabiliaryrupture of hydatid cyst in a patient with cirrhosis

  Abstract   Acase of 48-year-old male, hepatitis B cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice,   fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. He was   suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received   intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic   failure. The presence of dilate...