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Disseminated cryptococcosis with cutaneous involvement in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection of opportunistic behavior that is unusual in immunocompetent patients. We report a rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis with cutaneous involvement in an immunocompetent individual.
Gabriely Lessa Sacht, Alexandre Moretti de Lima, Yuri Chiarelli Perdomo, Rafaela Suguimoto Boigues, Luiz Carlos Takita, Günter Hans Filho   +5 more
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Postrenal transplant disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion - A case report

Indian Journal of Transplantation, 2022
Cryptococcosis is the most common invasive fungal infection to involve the central nervous system in the posttransplant period. Cryptococcal meningitis, which constitutes disseminated cryptococcosis, can present with nonspecific signs and symptoms ...
Sandhya Suresh, Abhijit Konnur, Sishir Gang   +2 more
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Cryptococcosis with bird's eye manifestation: A case report

Lung India, 2018
Cryptococcosis is a menacing opportunistic infection most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Its occurrence in immunocompetant individuals is uncustomary.
H S Suhas, Ketaki Utpat, Unnati Desai, Manoj Vedpathak, Jyotsna M Joshi   +4 more
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Liver dysfunction as the presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Disseminated cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent individuals with central nervous and respiratory systems being the most common initial sites of involvement. Liver dysfunction as a presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis has been reported
Shailaja Shukla, Jyoti Garg, Gunjan Mahajan, Sunita Sharma   +3 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in a renal transplant recipient

Respirology Case Reports, 2022
Key message Skin cryptococcosis often manifests as an umbilicated papule, and chest computed tomography findings of multiple nodules and cavities are also characteristic.
Seira Ozawa, Shigeo Hanada, Hironori Uruga, Hiroyo Ito, Hiroshi Nakahama, Narishige Ishikawa, Shuhei Moriguchi, Kyoko Murase, Atsushi Miyamoto, Nobukazu Hayashi, Daiya Takai   +10 more
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A Case of “Cryptammonia”: Disseminated Cryptococcal Infection Generating Profound Hyperammonemia in a Liver Transplant Recipient

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022
Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma infections have been described as a cause of hyperammonemia syndrome leading to devastating neurological injury in the post-transplant period, most commonly in lung transplant recipients.
Steven M. Phillips DO, Stephanie M. Pouch MD, Denise J. Lo MD, Sheetal Kandiah MD, Koba A. Lomashvili MD, Ram A. Subramanian MD, Peter Moran PharmD, Alley Killian PharmD, Prem A. Kandiah MD   +8 more
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Vertebral Cryptococcosis Infection in an Immunocompetent Host: A Rare Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Cryptococcosis is a systemic mycosis caused by yeast like fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. The infection results from inhalation of fungal spores in soil, house dust and in pigeon and other bird excreta.
B Rajeshwari, Salapathi Shanmugam, Sadiya Niamath, Mitra Ghosh   +3 more
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An unusual case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host presenting with verrucous skin lesions

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2023
Disseminated cryptococcosis, commonly linked to immunocompromised conditions like HIV infection, is exceedingly rare in immunocompetent individuals. This case report presents a rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient, who ...
Heloi Stefani, Laís Lopes Almeida Gomes, Fernanda Gonçalves Moya   +2 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2017
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection which is commonly associated with immune-compromised state. Disseminated infection in immunocompetent individuals is extremely rare. We present a case of a 56-year-old African American patient who presented with unilateral knee pain and swelling and was subsequently diagnosed with cryptococcal bone mass with ...
Pradeep Mada, Brad Nowack, Beth Cady, Andrew Stevenson Joel Chandranesan   +3 more
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Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling keratoacanthoma [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Cutaneous cryptococcosis is a manifestation of systemic cryptococcal infection, characterized by polymorphic skin lesions that can make diagnosis challenging.
Alex Panizza Jalkh, Naira Sulany Oliveira de Sousa, Juan Diego Ribeiro de Almeida, Flávia da Silva Fernandes, Kátia Santana Cruz, Hagen Frickmann, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, João Vicente Braga de Souza   +7 more
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