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Clinical features and radiological characteristics of pulmonary cryptococcosis

Journal of International Medical Research, 2018
Objective Diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis is difficult. In this study, we examined the clinical and radiological features that increase the diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Hui Deng, Jie Zhang, Jia Li, Dongxu Wang, Lei Pan, Xinying Xue   +5 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis misdiagnosed as lung cancer in a man with normal immune function: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection of cryptococcus both in immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients, who suffered from HIV infection, organ transplantation, diabetes mellitus, corticosteroid or immunosuppressive therapy, and ...
Shixiang Qiu, Chao Chen, Ya Li, Chao Li, Ziyu Tang, Yunguo Liao, Dan Deng, Liming Zhong   +7 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as miliary tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient

The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, 2021
Pulmonary Cryptococcosis is a rare and difficult to diagnose entity. It has been found to be associated with immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient is extremely rare condition.
Sharad Joshi, Nitesh Tayal, Rajesh Gupta, Ankit Bhatia, Neha Kapoor   +4 more
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Increased mortality associated with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis: a single US cohort study

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021
Background: Diabetes mellitus is an established risk factor for bacterial infections, but its role in cryptococcosis is unclear. The study aimed to determine whether uncontrolled diabetes (HbA1c >7%) was an independent risk factor for mortality in ...
Solana Archuleta, Amal A. Gharamti, Stefan Sillau, Paula Castellanos, Sindhu Chadalawada, William Mundo, Mehdi Bandali, Jose Oñate, Ernesto Martínez, Daniel B. Chastain, Kristen DeSanto, Leland Shapiro, Ilan S. Schwartz, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez   +14 more
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary pulmonary cryptococcosis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2022
Background: The surgical outcome for primary pulmonary cryptococcosis remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for primary pulmonary ...
Chao-Wen Lu, Wang-Da Liu, Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Un-In Wu, Yung-Ming Jeng, Yee-Chun Chen, Jin-Shing Chen   +6 more
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Incidence of WHO stage 3 and 4 conditions following initiation of Anti-Retroviral Therapy in resource limited settings [PDF]

, 2012
To determine the incidence of WHO clinical stage 3 and 4 conditions during early anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource limited settings (RLS)
A d’Arminio Monforte, A Miranda, Andrea J. Curtis, AS Walker, B Castelnuovo, B Ledergerber, Catherine S. Marshall, CE Gonzalez, Daniel P. O’Brien, DJ Sloan, DR Hoover, Esther C. Casas, J Abadi, J Mermin, Jane Greig, JE Golub, JE Kaplan, JF Etard, Julian H. Elliot, K Buchacz, Leslie Shanks, M-L Newell, Marcio Silveria Da Fonseca, NJ Ives, Philipp Du Cros, R Zachariah, SD Lawn, Sten H. Vermund, Tim Spelman, VO Kasprowicz, W Manosuthi   +30 more
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Crazy‐paving patterns as rare radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis: a case report

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Crazy-paving patterns are rarely reported as radiological manifestations of pulmonary cryptococcosis. Case presentation Herein, we presented a very rare case of a crazy-paving pattern as a radiological manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis
He Yu, Kaige Wang, Dong Huang, Lu Wen, Ying Zhang, Ye Wang, Yongjiang Tang, Jiajia Dong, Zongan Liang   +8 more
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Preemptive Therapy in Cryptococcosis Adjusted for Outcomes

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Cryptococcosis is one of the most serious opportunistic diseases in patients living with HIV. For this reason, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are important. Objectives.
Fernando Messina, Gabriela Santiso, Alicia Arechavala, Mercedes Romero, Roxana Depardo, Emmanuel Marin   +5 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans chitin synthase 3 plays a critical role in dampening host inflammatory responses [PDF]

, 2020
Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common disseminated fungal pathogen in AIDS patients, resulting in ∼200,000 deaths each year. There is a pressing need for new treatments for this infection, as current antifungal therapy is hampered by toxicity and/or
Hole, Camaron R, Lam, Woei C, Lodge, Jennifer K, Upadhya, Rajendra   +3 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis coexisting with central type lung cancer in an immuocompetent patient: a case report and literature review

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Background Pulmonary Cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans/C.gattii species in immunocompromised patients. Cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients with normal immune function are increasingly common in
Kelin Yao, Xiaofang Qiu, Hongjie Hu, Yuxin Han, Wenming Zhang, Ruiming Xia, Liang Wang, Jieming Fang   +7 more
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