Primary oral cryptococcosis in an HIV-positive woman with suppressed viral load and normal CD4 count: a rare case

BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jun 4;14(6):e242633. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242633.

Authors

Antonio Jose Reyes¹, Kanterpersad Ramcharan², Samuel Aboh³, Stanley Lawrence Giddings⁴

Affiliations

¹ Medicine, Neurology Unit, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.
² Medicine, SurgiMed Clinic, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago kramcharan79@yahoo.com.
³ Infectious Disease Unit/Medicine, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.
⁴ Medicine, University of the West Indies at Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine, Tunapuna-Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago.

No abstract available

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; cryptococcosis; infectious diseases; pathology; tropical medicine (infectious disease).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Cryptococcosis* / complications
Cryptococcosis* / diagnosis
Cryptococcosis* / drug therapy
Female
HIV Infections* / complications
HIV Seropositivity*
Humans
Viral Load