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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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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent child [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2016
Cryptococcus is a ubiquitous fungus and is known for causing meningitis and cutaneous infections in immunocompromised individuals. Disseminated cryptococcal infection is very rare and almost always found to occur in immunocompromised individuals especially in persons infected with HIV.
Noora, Saeed, Hena A, Ansari, Nazoora, Khan, Mohsin, Aijaz   +3 more
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Disseminated Cryptococcosis in an HIV-negative patient in South Africa: the elusive differential diagnosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
The presence of an opportunistic infection in a patient in sub-Saharan Africa is assumed to be due to underlying immunosuppression from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Mohammed Mitha, Preneshni Naicker, Prakash Mahida   +2 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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Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting initially as lower limb cellulitis in a renal transplant recipient – a case report

BMC Nephrology, 2018
Background Cellulitis is an unusual presentation of disseminated cryptococcosis, a serious infection seen predominantly in immunocompromised hosts. Disseminated cryptococcosis carries significant morbidity for transplant recipients, especially of the ...
Katrina Chakradeo, Y. Y. Paul Chia, Cheng Liu, David W. Mudge, Janath De Silva   +4 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent toddler

Indian Pediatrics, 2017
Immunodeficient children are more prone for invasive cryptococcal infections.A 2-year-old boy with disseminated cryptococcosis was evaluated for underlying immunodeficiency without success.Child was managed successfully.Immunocompetent children with disseminated cryptococcosis can present diagnostic or therapeutic challenge in resource-limited settings.
Neeraj, Gupta, Anil, Sachdev, Dhiren, Gupta, Nita, Radhakrishnan   +3 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent child [PDF]

Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 2007
Cryptococcosis is caused by cryptococcus neoformans. Immunosuppression is a predisposing factor for the development of cryptococcosis. However, reports exist that cryptococcus neoformans can cause infection in immunocompetent hosts. We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 7.5-year-old immunocompetent child.
R, Godbole, P, Nayar, A, Pradhan, R, Manchanda   +3 more
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Systemic cryptococcosis in an immune-competent child

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
Crytococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that frequently affects immune-compromised patients, although increasingly being detected in the immune-competent host as well.
Arushi G. Saini, Sooraj Patil, Triptee Agrawal, Aseem Basha, Rashi Garg, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Pankaj Vaidya, Akshay Saxena, Pratibha Singhi   +8 more
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Clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Disseminated cryptococcosis is a rare and fatal disease, and limited data exist regarding it in children. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China ...
Li-Wei Gao, An-Xia Jiao, Xi-Rong Wu, Shun-Ying Zhao, Yun Ma, Gang Liu, Ju Yin, Bao-Ping Xu, Kun-Ling Shen   +8 more
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