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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Pulmonary cryptococcosis describes an invasive lung mycosis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii complex. It is often a high-consequence disease in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent populations, and may be misdiagnosed as ...
Annaleise R. Howard-Jones, Rebecca Sparks, David Pham, Catriona Halliday, Justin Beardsley, Sharon C.-A. Chen   +5 more
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Postpartum pulmonary cryptococcosis combined with pulmonary embolism: a case report [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection of the lungs caused by cryptococcus, usually occurring in immunosuppressed patients. Pulmonary embolism is a type of venous thromboembolism.
Yapei Cui, Peng Zou, Wangwang Liao, Ziming Huang, Hanxiao Ma, Huilin Gan, Zhenhong Qi   +6 more
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A fatal case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in an apparently immunocompetent patient from Cote D′ Ivoire [PDF]

Medical Mycology Case Reports
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic mycosis caused by Cryptococcus, mainly affecting the immunocompromised. We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis within a 31-year-old immunocompetent patient admitted for painful chest swelling evolving for 4 months
Ahou Sandrine Konan, Kalou Dibert Zika, Affoué Sandrine Josette Kouakou, Appi Sandrine Kouamé, Malick Senanminfoun Soro, Koffi Daho Adoubryn   +5 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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A rare case of disseminated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an uncommon invasive fungal infection of the lungs seen in immunocompromised individuals but increasingly reported among the immunocompetent.
Hafisatu Gbadamosi, Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah, Emmanuel Nyamekye Ansah, Samuel Kwame Dadzie, Peter Puplampu   +4 more
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The relationship between lung CT features and serum cryptococcal antigen titers in localized pulmonary cryptococcosis patients [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background To explore the associations of computed tomography (CT) image features with the serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) titers measured by the lateral flow assay (LFA) in localized pulmonary cryptococcosis patients.
Chunmei Dai, Dongyu Bai, Chunbei Lin, Ke-Yi Li, Wenliang Zhu, Juan Lin, Fang Lu, Qiujuan Chen, Wen Luo, Bo Zhu, Yihua Lin   +10 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicated with pulmonary aspergillosis: a series of studies and a literature review [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background/Objective With the development of society, pulmonary fungal diseases, represented by pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis, have become increasingly common.
Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye, Zhengtu Li   +9 more
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Superior diagnostic performance of Grocott methenamine silver staining in pulmonary cryptococcosis: a multicenter, large-sample cohort study [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionIn the histopathological diagnosis of pulmonary fungal infections, particularly pulmonary cryptococcosis, the diagnostic performance of different staining techniques varies significantly, often confounding pathologists.
Suijing Wang, Suijing Wang, Jieyi Lai, Jieyi Lai, Chengyou Zheng, Chengyou Zheng, Pengfei Yang, Zhengyi Zhou, Zhengyi Zhou, Haibo Wu, Haibo Wu, Mayan Huang, Mayan Huang, Xinke Zhang, Xinke Zhang, Yongbo Xiao, Yongbo Xiao, Jierong Chen, Jierong Chen, Chao Ma, Chao Ma, Keming Chen, Keming Chen, Liyan Lin, Huanyu Liu, Yubo Cai, Xiaolei Xue, Zizi Li, Jiewei Chen, Jiewei Chen   +29 more
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A nomogram to predict cryptococcal meningitis in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis [PDF]

Heliyon
Background: The most serious manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis is complicated with cryptococcal meningitis, while its clinical manifestations lack specificity with delayed diagnosis and high mortality.
Xiaoli Tan, Min Deng, Zhixian Fang, Qi Yang, Ming Zhang, Jiasheng Wu, Wenyu Chen   +6 more
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LincR-PPP2R5C deficiency enhancing the fungicidal activity of neutrophils in pulmonary cryptococcosis is linked to the upregulation of IL-4 [PDF]

mBio
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common complication in immunocompromised patients. In a mouse model of pulmonary cryptococcosis, Cryptococcus neoformans induces a type 2 immune response that is detrimental to host protection. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
Chen Yang, Ying Gong, Shan Liu, Chunan Sun, Ting Wang, Xin Chen, Wei Liu, Xia Zhang, Yonglin Yang, Mingshun Zhang   +9 more
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