Cryptococcal osteomyelitis in a clinically immune-competent child

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus which rarely infects immune competent children. It commonly affects the lung and central nervous system in immunodeficient individuals. Osteomyelitis is extremely rare and this case report presents an eight-year-old immune competent boy with a tibial osteomyelitis treated with surgical debridement and antifungal therapy and reviews of the literature pertaining to this case.