Mionecrosis por clostridio. Presentación de un caso

El Clostridium perfringens es un bacilo grampositivo anaerobio con capacidad de formar esporas. Es uno de los patógenos bacterianos con mayor distribución en el medio ambiente. Se presenta el caso de una paciente que sufrió un accidente con un instrumento agrícola, con fractura expuesta de 1/3 proximal de la tibia con pérdida de la continuidad ósea en el miembro inferior derecho. Fue intervenida quirúrgicamente y se aplicó antibióticoterapia. Dos días después del alta hospitalaria acudió nuevamente refiriendo dolor intenso y secreción fétida en sitio de herida quirúrgica. Se ingresó con impresión diagnóstica de sepsis de herida quirúrgica por germen productor de gas. Se le detectó gangrena gaseosa por lo que le fue amputado el miembro. De la herida fue aislado el Clostridium perfringens. Por la importancia de tener en cuenta esta posibilidad de infección ante heridas con instrumentos potencialmente contaminados con gérmenes del medio ambiente, se decidió la presentación de este caso

Diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency virus from a Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis. Case Presentation

Cryptococcosis, a mycotic infection, had a sporadic presentation worldwide, but in the last two decades there has been an increase in the incidence of AIDS-related opportunistic infection, even considering it as the most frequent fungal meningitis in these patients. It is a deep mycosis, of a sub acute or chronic course, considered as opportunistic. For such reasons a case of a 32 year old, black patient is presented, with antecedents of bronchial asthma, smoker from 21 years before, alcoholic from 17 years and hypertensive ( three years of evolution) without regular treatment. Four days before admission he started with headache, he was unconscious and Sphincter relaxation. He came to the emergency room of the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital where he was found to have stiff neck and his BP was de 200/120 mm Hg. His BP was lowered and the patient improved his clinical picture. On questioning he was found to have a disordered life style, without stable partner, on physical examination it was observed oral candidiasis and herpes simple in the lower lip. A rapid test for IDS was realized which resulted positive. He was admitted and microbiological studies of cerebrospinal fluid with Chinese ink staining that showed capsulated levaduriform cells, sign of Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis

Diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency virus from a Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis. Case Presentation

Cryptococcosis, a mycotic infection, had a sporadic presentation worldwide, but in the last two decades there has been an increase in the incidence of AIDS-related opportunistic infection, even considering it as the most frequent fungal meningitis in these patients. It is a deep mycosis, of a sub acute or chronic course, considered as opportunistic. For such reasons a case of a 32 year old, black patient is presented, with antecedents of bronchial asthma, smoker from 21 years before, alcoholic from 17 years and hypertensive ( three years of evolution) without regular treatment. Four days before admission he started with headache, he was unconscious and Sphincter relaxation. He came to the emergency room of the Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital where he was found to have stiff neck and his BP was de 200/120 mm Hg. His BP was lowered and the patient improved his clinical picture. On questioning he was found to have a disordered life style, without stable partner, on physical examination it was observed oral candidiasis and herpes simple in the lower lip. A rapid test for IDS was realized which resulted positive. He was admitted and microbiological studies of cerebrospinal fluid with Chinese ink staining that showed capsulated levaduriform cells, sign of Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis