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Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting with cutaneous involvement in an immunocompromised patient [PDF]

, 2020
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection that typically affects immunocompromised patients. It most commonly affects the lungs and may then disseminate to the central nervous system, bone, skin, and adrenal glands.
Bardhi, Redina, Bedford, Lisa M, Moossavi, Meena, Lawrence, Kelsey, Deirawan, Hany   +4 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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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 in a patient with Nephrotic syndrome [PDF]

, 2006
Disseminated cryptococcosis mainly occurs in patients with impaired cell mediated immunity. We present a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a non-HIV patient with nephrotic syndrome who never received immunosuppression.
E. Ahmed, K. Manzoor, F. Qadir
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Disseminated Cryptococcosis [PDF]

, 1969
Clinical diagnosis of Cryptococcosis.Infection with C. neoformans, a yeast-like fungus is being recognised more frequently than hitherto. The clinical diagnosis of Cryptococcosis is difficult.
Bhagwandeen, S.
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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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