Neurocryptococcosis and Kaposi’s Sarcoma associated with HIV infection: repor of case
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Cryptococcosis, Kaposi’s Sarcoma, Opportunistic Infections, Case reportAbstract
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection can cause a disease that is a major public health problem worldwide – the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Among the AIDS-defining diseases, there is the extrapulmonary fungal infection by Cryptococcus spp and the neoplasm known as Kaposi's Sarcoma. Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic systemic mycosis, whose contamination occurs by inhalation of viable propagules from the fundus and primarily involves the lungs. The fungus has a tropism for the central nervous system, causing cryptococcal meningitis, which is the most common clinical form of the disease, usually occurring in conditions of immunosuppression. Kaposi's Sarcoma is caused by herpesvirus type 8 and it is a vascular tumor frequently associated with HIV-positive patients. The present work aims to report a clinical case about a young male patient, with a recent diagnosis of HIV infection, in addition to the presence of Cryptococcosis in the central nervous system and a dermatological condition compatible with Kaposi's Sarcoma.
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