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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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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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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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Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Adrenal and Lung Involvement in an Immunocompetent Patient [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Disseminated cryptococcosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. Occasionally, it affects immunocompetent persons and mimics tuberculosis in clinical presentation and radiological findings.
Piyush Ranjan, Manisha Jana, Shanmugam Krishnan, Devajit Nath, Rita Sood   +4 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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Disseminated cryptococcosis and hemochromatosis: clues to diagnosis

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2021
Hepatic cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus and iron overload can each independently predispose to cryptococcosis. Hereditary hemochromatosis leads to all three of these predispositions.
Larry Nichols, Lindsey Rowley, Ashley Lall   +2 more
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Cryptococcid Sweet Syndrome in the Setting of Hydralazine‐Induced ANCA Vasculitis: A Case Report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 356-361, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, also known as Sweet syndrome, is an inflammatory skin condition characterized by the rapid onset of painful, erythematous plaques or nodules with neutrophilic infiltrate on histology. Rarely, acellular bodies surrounded by vacuolated spaces have been noted within the neutrophilic infiltrate, mimicking ...
Jenna Vroman, Pelin Sagut, Kathryn Lynam, Amanda Ederle, Laura Winterfield   +4 more
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When infection masquerades as cancer: a case report of disseminated cryptococcosis

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Introduction Disseminated cryptococcosis is a rare and serious fungal infection, typically seen in immunocompromised individuals. Its presentation in immunocompetent patients is uncommon and can mimic malignancies, such as lymphoproliferative disorders ...
Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Amit Tekeshwar Turkar   +1 more
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Successful management of cryptococcosis of the bilateral adrenal glands and liver by unilateral adrenalectomy with antifungal agents: a case report

BMC 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, Kawate Hisaya, Okishige Yuka, Abe Ichiro, Adachi Masahiro, Ohnaka Keizo, Satoh Naoichi, Inokuchi Junichi, Tatsugami Katsunori, Naito Seiji, Nomura Masatoshi, Takayanagi Ryoichi   +11 more
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