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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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Recognition and Clinical Presentation of Invasive Fungal Disease in Neonates and Children [PDF]

, 2017
AW and JK are supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377) and the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of AberdeenPeer reviewedPublisher ...
King, Jill, Lehrnbecher, Thomas, Pana, Zoi-Dorothea, Steinbach, William J., Warris, Adilia   +4 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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Cryptococcosis of the upper genital tract. [PDF]

, 2009
Upper genital tract infection by Cryptococcus neoformans has not previously been reported. We describe such a case, in order to alert clinicians to the existence of this rare infection.
Edmonds, Pamela, Gopal, Manish, Klein, Thomas, McCrosson, Stacy   +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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Detection of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis [PDF]

, 2018
The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is often difficult. Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (1,3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) is available as a biological marker for the diagnosis of fungal meningitis, there are limited data on its use for ...
Albers, Amanda, Bloch, Karen C., Chow, Felicia C., Davis, Thomas E., Hage, Chadi A., Khairy, Raed N., Myint, Thein, Raymond-Guillen, Luke, Street, Alan C., Wheat, L. Joseph, Woc-Colburn, Laila, Wright, Patty W., Yamamoto, Tomotaka   +12 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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End-stage liver disease Is a strong predictor of early mortality in cryptococcosis [PDF]

, 2015
Background. Cryptococcosis in the setting of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) has been associated with high mortality. We sought to compare the outcome of cryptococcal disease in patients with ESLD to that of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive ...
Powderly, William G, Raval, Krunal, Spec, Andrej   +2 more
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