Non-neoformans Cryptococcus species, including C. laurentii and C. albidus, have historically been classified as exclusively saprophytic. However, recent studies have increasingly implicated these organisms as the causative agent of opportunistic infections in humans. Herein, the case is presented of C. laurentii meningitis in a critically ill patient receiving corticosteroids. C. laurentii has...

Liver necropsy from patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus was analyzed in 117 cases. Wide ranges of opportunistic infections were recorded in 47%. Cryptococcosis (21.4%) was the most outstanding infection, followed by tuberculosis (16.2%), cytomegalovirus (5.1%) and penicillosis (3.4%). Non-specific alterations of the liver tissues included fatty steatosis (49.6%), fibrosis (55.6%...

113LB [26] aimed at establishing the virologicalnon-inferiority of the TAF formulation compared to the TDFformulation. The primary endpoint was the proportion of peoplewith a viral load (VL) ≤50 copies/mL at 48 weeks using the FDAsnapshot endpoint. Median ages of the two groups were 33 and35 years, 85% in both groups were men, about 25% black and19% Hispanic/Latino. Medi...

The chromosome frequencies were calculated according to the methods of Mourant (I954) as: MS = O0103; Ms = 0473; NS =o-o62; Ns = 0362. The fit is not very good, reflecting the heterogeneous origin of the sample. The X2 value for one degree of freedom for the MN frequencies alone is 5-5 and for the above table, including Ss, is 6i for two degrees of freedom (o 05 > p > 0 OI in both cases). These...

Background: HIV infection leads to AIDS and opportunistic infections are major cause of morbidity and mortality of such patients which considerably affect the health and quality of life of people infected with HIV. Hence the present study was carried out to find out the most common opportunistic pathogen and different opportunistic pathogens infecting HIV seropositive patients in Delhi region, ...

Combined immunosuppression by immunomodulators and biological therapy has become standard in the medical management of moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) because of clearly demonstrated efficacy. Clinical studies, registries, and case reports warn of the increased risk of infections, particularly opportunistic infections; however, already in the steroid monotherapy era, patient...

Despite advances in the husbandry of nonhuman primates, natural and experimentally induced diseases continue to pose risks to animal health. These risks are particularly important when such disease results in immunodeficient states that provide an opportunity for the development of opportunistic infections. Because opportunistic agents may serve as significant confounders to research and hold p...

With the present progress in transplantation procedures, there is an improvement in patient and allograft survival. However, the immunosuppression necessary to sustain the allograft predisposes these transplant recipients to infection, which is now a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. We describe a case of a 30-year-old renal transplant recipient with two opportunistic infections, na...

Presenting a case report of corneal graft infection by an opportunistic fungus, , which is reported to be resistant many antifungals. Antibiotic sensitivity the organism and management such infections has been discussed.

In recent years fungi have been flourishing in immunocompromised patients of tertiary care centers. The data on the burden of opportunistic mycoses in India is not clear though the climate in this country is well suited for a wide variety of fungal infections. There are very few good diagnostic mycology laboratories and clinicians are still not aware of the emerging trends. Within the limited d...