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ArticleGerms2020

Fulminant cryptococcal meningoencephalitis after successful treatment of primary cutaneous cryptococcosis.

Iordanis Romiopoulos, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Athina Pyrpasopoulou, Ioanna Linardou, Eugenia Avdelidi, Maria Sidiropoulou, Eleni Chatzidrosou, Dimitrios Ioannides, Asterios Karagiannis, Emmanuel Roilides

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Article in Germs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Primary Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Caused byTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Iordanis RomiopoulosMD, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Zoi Dorothea PanaMD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athina PyrpasopoulouMD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Unit, 2 Propedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioanna LinardouMD, 2 Propedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eugenia AvdelidiMD, Neurology Dept, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Maria SidiropoulouMD, Radiology Dept, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eleni ChatzidrosouMD, Microbiology Dept, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios IoannidesMD, PhD, A' Dept for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Asterios KaragiannisMD, PhD, 2 Propedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Emmanuel RoilidesMD, PhD, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hippokration Hospital, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ippokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki · GRHospital Venereal and Skin Diseases Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCryptococcal meningoencephalitis is a life-threatening disease affecting mainly immunocompromised hosts. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a 64-year-old immunocompetent patient, who initially developed a traumatic scalp skin infection due to

conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first case of fulminant cryptococcal meningoencephalitis following long latency after adequately treated primary cutaneous infection.

Indexed as

Cryptococcusmeningitisskin infection

Identifiers

PMID33489955
PMCPMC7811852
OpenAlexW3121794763

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