Skull, Patella and Thigh Cryptococcosis after a Crashing Injury of the Temporal Bone

Dounis, Eleftherios; Giamarellou, H.; Peppas, Th.; Sfikakis, P. G.

doi:10.1080/1120009x.1991.11739079

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“…Multifocal skeletal lesions were seen in two patients: skull/patella in one and frontal/mandible in the other [152,153]. A combination of skull and lung infection was also reported by Luhr and Svane [147].…”

Section: Cryptococosissupporting

confidence: 64%

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Cranial Osteomyelitis

Akhaddar¹

2016

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Section: Cryptococosissupporting

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“…To date, skull involvement has been reported in less than 20 cases [139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155]. Mechanisms involving cryptococcal infections of the skull include disseminated infections, skull trauma, and embolic phenomena [146].…”

Section: Cryptococosismentioning

confidence: 99%

Cranial Osteomyelitis

Akhaddar¹

2016

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“…These spores are a cause for cryptococcal infection (Armonda et al, 1993 ; Wood and Miedzinski, 1996 ). Direct inoculation during trauma is also possible (Chleboun and Nade, 1977 ; Dounis et al, 1991 ; Italiano et al, 2001 ). However, only 14.8% of the patients included in this review had contact with soil or pigeons or a history of trauma; incomplete patient histories might explain this finding.…”

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Skeletal cryptococcosis from 1977 to 2013

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Chu

et al. 2015

Front. Microbiol.

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Skeletal cryptococcosis, an aspect of disseminated cryptococcal disease or isolated skeletal cryptococcal infection, is a rare but treatable disease. However, limited information is available regarding its clinical features, treatment, and prognosis. This systematic review examined all cases published between April 1977 and May 2013 with regard to the factors associated with this disease, including patient sex, age, and epidemiological history; affected sites; clinical symptoms; underlying diseases; laboratory tests; radiological manifestations; and delays in diagnosis, treatment, follow-up assessments, and outcomes. We found that immune abnormality is a risk factor but does not predict mortality; these observations are due to recent Cryptococcus neoformans var gattii (CNVG) outbreaks (Chaturvedi and Chaturvedi, 2011). Dissemination was irrespective of immune status and required combination therapy, and dissemination carried a worse prognosis. Therefore, a database of skeletal cryptococcosis cases should be created.

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“…The impact of probiotic Bacillus strain has also been reported on distal organs. For instance, the spores of B. clausii (Enterogermina ® ) were shown to enhance the production of IFN-γ in murine spleen cells, rabbits and mice animal models ( Muscettola et al, 1991 , 1992 ; Kosak et al, 1998 ). Vegetative cells of B. firmus have been shown to stimulate the proliferation of human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro ( Prokesova et al, 1994 ).…”

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Bacillus As Potential Probiotics: Status, Concerns, and Future Perspectives

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Spore-forming bacilli are being explored for the production and preservation of food for many centuries. The inherent ability of production of large number of secretory proteins, enzymes, antimicrobial compounds, vitamins, and carotenoids specifies the importance of bacilli in food chain. Additionally, Bacillus spp. are gaining interest in human health related functional food research coupled with their enhanced tolerance and survivability under hostile environment of gastrointestinal tract. Besides, bacilli are more stable during processing and storage of food and pharmaceutical preparations, making them more suitable candidate for health promoting formulations. Further, Bacillus strains also possess biotherapeutic potential which is connected with their ability to interact with the internal milieu of the host by producing variety of antimicrobial peptides and small extracellular effector molecules. Nonetheless, with proposed scientific evidences, commercial probiotic supplements, and functional foods comprising of Bacillus spp. had not gained much credential in general population, since the debate over probiotic vs pathogen tag of Bacillus in the research and production terrains is confusing consumers. Hence, it’s important to clearly understand the phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of selective beneficial Bacillus spp. and their substantiation with those having GRAS status, to reach a consensus over the same. This review highlights the probiotic candidature of spore forming Bacillus spp. and presents an overview of the proposed health benefits, including application in food and pharmaceutical industry. Moreover, the growing need to evaluate the safety of individual Bacillus strains as well as species on a case by case basis and necessity of more profound analysis for the selection and identification of Bacillus probiotic candidates are also taken into consideration.

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Skull, Patella and Thigh Cryptococcosis after a Crashing Injury of the Temporal Bone

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Cranial Osteomyelitis

Cranial Osteomyelitis

Skeletal cryptococcosis from 1977 to 2013

Bacillus As Potential Probiotics: Status, Concerns, and Future Perspectives

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