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Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans and most remarkably manifests in HIV-infected individuals, especially in the settings of very low CD4 count. Development of cryptococcosis in
Nguyen Thi Cam Huong, Ahmed M. A. Altibi, Nguyen My Hoa, Le Anh Tuan, Samar Salman, Sara Morsy, Nguyen Thi Bich Lien, Nguyen Thanh Truong, Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai, Pham Thi Le Hoa, Nguyen Ba Thang, Van The Trung   +11 more
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Non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis with limited posterior uveitis in a kidney organ transplant recipient with antibody-mediated rejection: a case report

BMC Ophthalmology, 2023
Background Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent fungal eye infections in patients with immunosuppression. Currently, treatment approaches for non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis are based on those used for cryptococcal meningitis or ...
Yi-An Lu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Chia-Jen Chang, Kuo-Hsiung Shu, Mu-Chi Chung, Chien-Chih Chou   +5 more
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Endobronchial cryptococcosis with bronchial stenosis in a patient with severe asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroids: A case report

Respirology Case Reports, 2023
Cryptococcosis typically manifests as pulmonary lesions, with endobronchial lesions occurring rarely. Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) may be a risk factor for cryptococcosis of the larynx but not of the bronchi.
Jun Sasaki, Takashi Kinoshita, Misa Sudou, Takayuki Horii, Reiko Takaki, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Masaki Tominaga, Tomotaka Kawayama, Tomoaki Hoshino   +8 more
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Dating the Cryptococcus gattii Dispersal to the North American Pacific Northwest. [PDF]

, 2018
The emergence of Cryptococcus gattii, previously regarded as a predominantly tropical pathogen, in the temperate climate of the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in 1999 prompted several questions.
Bodo Wanke, Chandler C. Roe, Colleen Lysen, Crystal M. Hepp, David M. Engelthaler, David P. Overy, Emilio DeBess, George R. Thompson, Hanna Oltean, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Jolene Bowers, Philippe J. Dufresne, Scott McBurney, Shawn R. Lockhart, Tom Chiller, Wieland Meyer   +15 more
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Recognition and Clinical Presentation of Invasive Fungal Disease in Neonates and Children [PDF]

, 2017
AW and JK are supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377) and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of AberdeenPeer reviewedPublisher ...
King, Jill, Lehrnbecher, Thomas, Pana, Zoi-Dorothea, Steinbach, William J., Warris, Adilia   +4 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis coexisting with adenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. Owing to its nonspecific clinical and radiographic features, the differential diagnosis with secondary tuberculosis, malignant tumor, and ...
Liyang Li, Liang Zhuang, Jian Zhou, Changzhou Shao   +3 more
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Chronic disseminated cryptococcosis without meningeal involvement in a severely immunosuppressed HIV-infected patient successfully treated with fluconazole

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
A 43-year-old female with advanced HIV infection presented with two chronic skin lesions. Cutaneous cryptococcosis was confirmed and pulmonary cryptococcosis was suspected.
Tatiane da Silveira Yonekura, Soraya Devi Macedo, Fernanda Gonçalves Moya, José Ernesto Vidal   +3 more
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Canine chronic idiopathic rhinitis: management and outcome – a single‐centre retrospective observational study

Journal of Small Animal Practice, EarlyView.
Objectives Canine chronic idiopathic rhinitis is a common cause of nasal disease in dogs but data reporting outcomes following treatment is lacking. The aim was to describe pre‐ and post‐referral management and outcomes of dogs diagnosed with canine chronic idiopathic rhinitis at a single referral centre.
P. M. N. Henry, R. Rizzo, Y. Tan, A. M. Boag, J. Del‐Pozo, G. A. Woods   +5 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis coexisting with central type lung cancer in an immuocompetent patient: a case report and literature review

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Background Pulmonary Cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans/C.gattii species in immunocompromised patients. Cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients with normal immune function are increasingly common in
Kelin Yao, Xiaofang Qiu, Hongjie Hu, Yuxin Han, Wenming Zhang, Ruiming Xia, Liang Wang, Jieming Fang   +7 more
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The Role of Belatacept‐Use and Senescence on Infectious and Mortality Complications After Kidney Transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Studies evaluating the incidence of infections after belatacept as a substitute for calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) or antimetabolite in kidney transplant (KT) yielded conflicting results. We compared infectious outcomes after belatacept‐use to no belatacept‐use in KT recipients.
Hareesh Singam, Abdinoor Abdi, Wyatt Tarter, Ben Langworthy, Adam Bregman, Karam M. Obeid   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source