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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 cutaneous cryptococcosis in a patient with AIDS Criptococose cutânea disseminada em paciente com SIDA. Relato de caso

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2006
The authors study a patient carrying Aids, with exuberant dermatological manifestations of cryptococcosis. They stress the therapeutic effectiveness of short-term amphotericin B.
Sandra Lopes Mattos e Dinato, Marcelo Mattos e Dinato, Carla Patrícia Nakanishi, José Roberto Paes de Almeida, Ney Romiti   +4 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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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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Disseminated cryptococcal infection with pulmonary involvement presenting as diffuse cavitary nodules in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Disseminated cryptococcal infection is especially prone to occur in immunosuppressed hosts. We herein report the case of an immunosuppressed girl with disseminated cryptococcal infection in whom pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) presented as ...
Jinbao Huang, Hongyan Li, Changqing Lan, Heng Weng   +3 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in a HIV-negative patient: Case report of a newly diagnosed hypertensive adult presenting with hemiparesis

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 42-year old immunocompetent female. Prior to admission at Bugando Medical Center, the patient was attended at three hospitals for hypertension and clinically diagnosed malaria.
Raymond M. Wilson, Nyambura Moremi, Martha F. Mushi, Oliver Bader, Patrick S. Ngoya, Bernard M. Desderius, Peter Rambau, Rodrick Kabangila, Uwe Groß, Stephen E. Mshana   +9 more
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