Sepsis with cerebral lupus…. or is it? A case report on Cryptococcaemia
We present a patient with SLE, with multiple comorbidities, whose blood cultures yielded Cryptococcus neoformans. Blood cultures became positive only after twelve days of hospital admission. The patient died within two days of starting Amphotericin B. Cryptococci are an important cause of infection...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8214 |