Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2000 Summary A total of 87 patients (17 female, 70 male) were admitted to Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, from January 1996 to December 1997, with a diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis and underlying AIDS. The age range was 14–70 years, mean 32.1.
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, 2010 To describe the frequency of diagnosis of cryptococcosis among HIV-infected patients in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at programme entry, to investigate associated risk factors, and to determine the incidence of cryptococcal ...
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Limited Activity Of Miltefosine In Murine Models Of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis And Disseminated Cryptococcosis [PDF]
, 2013 Miltefosine is an alkyl phosphocholine with good oral bioavailability and in vitro activity against Cryptococcus species that has gained interest as an additional agent for cryptococcal infections.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as miliary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient
The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2021 Pulmonary Cryptococcosis is a rare and difficult to diagnose entity. It has been found to be associated with immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient is extremely rare condition.
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, 1959 Pathologic, anatomical, and histological findings of 5 autopsy cases and one biopsy case of cryptococcosis have been described. Macroscopically the foci of the lung are grayish white or yellowish white in color and range in size from the small acinous ...
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Direct Inhibition of T-Cell Responses by the Cryptococcus Capsular Polysaccharide Glucuronoxylomannan [PDF]
, 2006 The major virulence factor of the pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii is the capsule. Glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), the major component of the capsule, is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide that is shed during cryptococcosis and can ...
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Neuromeningeal cryptoccocosis revealing IgA-λ multiple myeloma
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2021 Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection that is commonly associated with an immune-compromised state. Cases of cryptococcosis have rarely been reported in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). However, cryptococcosis as a presenting symptom of
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Comparison and temporal trends of three groups with cryptococcosis: HIV-infected, solid organ transplant, and HIV-negative/non-transplant. [PDF]
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Journal of Fungi, 2023 Cryptococcosis in HIV-negative patients can be an opportunistic or endemic disease. There are no published studies on the use of the finger-prick whole blood (point-of-care) cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay (CrAg LFA) for diagnosing cryptococcosis
José E. Vidal +7 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis: A review of pathobiology and clinical aspects.
Medical Mycology, 2018 Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients. The main human pathogens are Cryptococcus neoformans and C.
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