Possibility of in-hospital infection by Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with AIDS. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Possibility of in-hospital infection by Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with AIDS.

Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1992 Sep-Oct;34(5):383-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94098160
Rustan ME; Rubinstein HR; Siciliano C; Masih DT; Dpto. Bioquimica Clinica, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas,; Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina.

Abstract: The objective of the present work was to carry out a survey of soil samples taken from different areas of a hospital of infectious disease located in the city of Cordoba, where three AIDS patients were hospitalized during different periods in the same ward. The three of them returned with meningeal cryptococcosis between three or five months after having been discharged. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated in 8/10 samples collected outside the hospital, near the pigeon house. The samples collected from the AIDS patients ward and its surroundings were negative. These findings suggest that the patients may have been infected by the fungus during their first stay in hospital.
Keywords: Adult Argentina AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*ETIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/ TRANSMISSION Case Report Cross Infection/*ETIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Cryptococcosis/ETIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Cryptococcus neoformans/ISOLATION & PURIF Environmental Microbiology Human *HIV-1 Male Meningitis, Fungal/*ETIOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Soil Microbiology JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultargentinaaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDetiology/microbiology/transmissioncasereportcrossinfection/KWDetiology/microbiology/transmissioncryptococcosis/etiology/microbiology/transmissioncryptococcusneoformans/isolation&purifenvironmentalmicrobiologyhumanKWDhiv-1malemeningitis,fungal/KWDetiology/microbiology/transmissionsoilmicrobiologyjournalarticle
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