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Orthostatic hypotension as the initial presentation of disseminated cryptococcosis in a kidney transplant recipient

IDCases, 2022
Background: Solid organ transplant recipients are immunocompromised and at risk for invasive viral, fungal, and bacterial pathogens. Cryptococcus neoformans is the third most common invasive fungal infection in transplant recipients, and the clinical ...
Sophie Gough, Scott Borgetti, Christopher R. Fernandes   +2 more
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One Health Insights From Pteropus medius: Nipah Virus Spillover, Microbiota, and Antimicrobial Resistance

MicrobiologyOpen, Volume 15, Issue 4, August 2026.
Environmental and anthropogenic drivers of antibiotic resistance dissemination. The cycle reinforces how anthropogenic inputs, such as sewage, animal dung, hospital effluent, and agricultural runoff bring resistant bacteria and antibiotic residues into soil and water.
Punam Chowdhury, Shah Md Tanvir Khan, Sajal Roy, Md. Shohel Al Faruk   +3 more
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Cryptococcus gattii meningitis complicated by immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an apparent immunocompetent host in Malaysia

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus causes a wide range of diseases, ranging from asymptomatic pulmonary lesions to disseminated disease involving the central nervous system,
Chee Yik Chang, Syarul Hafiz Mohd Shah, Jia Yin Lio, Norazlah Bahari, Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan   +4 more
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Gingival enlargement and dentition loss associated with disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection in a dog

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract A 1‐year‐old, female, spayed, mixed‐breed dog was examined by a referring veterinarian for a 1‐week history of sneezing, bilateral mucoid nasal discharge, mild bilateral ocular discharge and stertor. During rhinoscopy, a plant awn foreign body was removed, but upper respiratory signs persisted. Computed tomography of the head revealed findings
Glynn Woods, Allison Volk, Janny Evenhuis, Abbie Metcalfe, Jane E. Sykes   +4 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis involving the head and neck [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2014
A middle-aged patient with HIV presented with very distinctive maculopapular cutaneous lesions involving the face and lymphadenopathy confined to the neck. A diagnosis of disseminated cryptococcosis was made based on pathological analysis of lymph node and skin lesions.
Matthew, Lazzara, Arjun, Joshi
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, Volume 104, Issue 5, Page e478-e490, August 2026.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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Disseminated cryptococcosis manifested as a single tumor in an immunocompetent patient, similar to the cutaneous primary forms [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans that tends to affect immunocompromised individuals. The fungi are mostly acquired by inhalation, which leads to an initial pulmonary infection.
Danielle Mechereffe do Amaral, Ritha de Cássia Capelato Rocha, Luiz Euribel Prestes Carneiro, Dewton Moraes Vasconcelos, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu   +4 more
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Central Diabetes Insipidus and Brain Herniation Secondary to Cryptococcal Meningitis in a Dog

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
Patient CSF cytology consistent with Cryptococcus fungal infection with eosinophilic inflammation. ABSTRACT Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) should be considered in neurologic patients with persistent polyuria and rising sodium concentrations despite appropriate fluid therapy. Earlier recognition, serial urine concentration monitoring, and desmopressin
Owen Hurst, Alicia Mastrocco, Jennifer Prittie   +2 more
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AIDS defining disease: Disseminated cryptococcosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2006
Disseminated cryptococcosis is one of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome defining criteria and the most common cause of life threatening meningitis. Disseminated lesions in the skin manifest as papules or nodules that mimic molluscum contagiosum (MC)
Roshan Anupama, Janaki C, Selvi G, Parveen B, Gomathy N   +4 more
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Miliary pulmonary cryptococcosis

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2014
A 32-year-old HIV positive male presents with fevers and a non-productive cough. Initial X-ray and subsequent computerised tomography of the chest shows a bilateral miliary pattern of pulmonary infiltration highly suggestive of disseminated tuberculosis.
Shane Kelly, Deborah Marriott
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