Cryptic presentation of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an apparently immunocompetent individual

  • Hariharan Subramony Apollo Hospitals, Chennai
  • Balagurunathan Raghavan
  • Eswer Subbaiyan
  • Manjunatha Gajanana Hegde
  • Kartik Ramanathan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12890/2023_003737

Keywords

Cryptococcus, cryptococcosis, cryptococcal osteomyelitis, immunocompetent

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection seen in immunocompromised individuals. It is caused by the yeast-like fungus Cryptococcus and predominantly affects the lungs and central nervous system. Immunocompetent individuals very rarely develop bone involvement and only a few cases of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in patients without other comorbid conditions have been described. Only one other case of pelvic involvement, which was accompanied by lymphopaenia, has been reported. We describe the case of a 42-year-old immunocompetent man with cryptococcal hip osteomyelitis.

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    • Published: 2023-03-18

    Issue: 2023: Vol 10 No 3 (view)

    Section: Articles

    How to cite:
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    Subramony H, Raghavan B, Subbaiyan E, Hegde MG, Ramanathan K. Cryptic presentation of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an apparently immunocompetent individual. EJCRIM 2023;10 doi:10.12890/2023_003737.