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Prevalence of cryptococcosis in Atlántico, department of Colombia assessed with an active epidemiological search

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION Cryptococcosis is the second most frequent cause of opportunistic infections in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Colombia.
María Clara Noguera   +5 more
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Mortality by cryptococcosis in Brazil from 2000 to 2012: A descriptive epidemiological study.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BackgroundCryptococcosis is a neglected and predominantly opportunistic mycosis that, in Brazil, poses an important public health problem, due to its late diagnosis and high lethality.MethodsThe present study analysed cryptococcosis mortality in Brazil ...
Emmanuel Alves Soares   +6 more
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Application and evaluation of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification, PCR and cryptococcal antigen test for diagnosis of cryptococcosis

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Cryptococcosis is a major opportunistic invasive mycosis in immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients.
Yanping Wang   +5 more
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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Presenting as Endobronchial Lesions in a Patient under Corticosteroid Treatment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompromised patient who had focal endobronchial lesions. When we first examined her, she complained of a productive cough that had lasted for two months. Seventeen months prior to this examination,
Yanagihara, Katsunori   +7 more
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Crazy‐paving patterns as rare radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis: a case report

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Crazy-paving patterns are rarely reported as radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis. Case presentation Herein, we presented a very rare case of a crazy-paving pattern as a radiological manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis
He Yu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Non-HIV Specific ST5 Genotype of Cryptococcus neoformans-gattii Species Complex

open access: yesSiriraj Medical Journal, 2015
Cryptococcosis is a basidiomycetous yeast infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans-gattii species complex which comprises of two sibling species, Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii.
Popchai Ngamskulrungroj
doaj   +2 more sources

Successful management of cryptococcosis of the bilateral adrenal glands and liver by unilateral adrenalectomy with antifungal agents: a case report

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background Cryptococcus species usually affect the central nervous system and lungs in immunocompromised hosts. Although the adrenal glands can be involved in disseminated cryptococcosis, primary adrenal insufficiency caused by the fungal infection is ...
Matsuda Yayoi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cryptococcosis with ocular and central nervous system involvement in a 3‐year‐old dog [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
To date, cryptococcosis remains sporadic in Europe, and this is a case of canine cryptococcosis with ocular and CNS involvement in continental Europe with identification of the organism on cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) cytology and description of the ...
Jean‐Baptiste Barbry   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBMC 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   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disseminated cryptococcosis

open access: yesIndian Pediatrics, 2014
Fungal infections, especially in immunocompetent children are uncommon causes of fever of unknown origin.A 5-year-old boy with prolonged fever and no evidence of immunosuppression.Ultrasound-guided retroperitoneal lymph node biopsy showed granulomas and intracytoplamic fungal yeasts; staining charactristics were suggestive of cryptococci.
Meenakshi, Bothra   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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