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GIL L, Germán et al. Cryptococcus neoformans arthritis in elderly adult: Case report and review. Rev. chil. infectol. [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.4, pp. 330-335. ISSN 0716-1018.  doi: 10.4067/S0716-10182006000400006.

Cryptococcal infection is not frequent in immunocompetent patients. The most commonly involved sites are the lungs and the central nervous system. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis occurs in 5-10% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with few reports of cryptococcal arthritis in elderly adults. We describe the case of a 92-year-old woman with a Cryptococcus neoformans knee joint infection associated to osteomyelitis

Palabras clave : arthritis; knee; Cryptococcus neoformans; elderly adults.