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Thoracic Cancer, 2023 Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection that can occur in cancer patients. A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in a patient treated with erlotinib + ramucirumab for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) L858R point mutation‐positive non‐small ...
Hiroshi Kobe +2 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis coexisting with adenocarcinoma: a case report and review of the literature
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018 Background Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a common fungal infection frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. Owing to its nonspecific clinical and radiographic features, the differential diagnosis with secondary tuberculosis, malignant tumor, and ...
Liyang Li +3 more
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IDCases, 2023 In patients with membranous nephropathy (MN), malignancy may be either the underlying disease or results of immunosuppressive therapy which may also lead to opportunistic infections including the pulmonary cryptococcosis.
ZhiPeng Zhao +5 more
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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2011 Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection (IFI), caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii, that affects both immunocompromised (IC) and non-IC patients. Although the most serious disease manifestation is meningoencephalitis, cryptococcal pneumonia is underdiagnosed and may disseminate to the central nervous system ...
Kyle D, Brizendine +2 more
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Multiple cystic lesions after treatment for pulmonary cryptococcosis
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Pulmonary cryptococcosis presents various radiological manifestations depending on the immunological status of the host. The most common chest radiographic findings include single or multiple nodules.
Tomoyo Taketa, Takahito Nakamura
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in a ruxolitinib-treated patient with primary myelofibrosis
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2017 We present the case of a 79-year-old man who showed multiple pulmonary nodules on chest computed tomography (CT) after being treated for 6 months with ruxolitinib, an inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and 2, to treat primary myelofibrosis.
Anna Hirano +9 more
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Steroid resistance in organizing pneumonia caused by pulmonary cryptococcosis
Respirology Case Reports, 2020 Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) usually responds well to steroid therapy; however, recurrence is commonly observed when the steroid dose is tapered. A 74‐year‐old man suspected of having steroid‐resistant COP presented to our hospital.
Motoko Nomura +5 more
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Chinese Medical Journal, 2018 Background: Serum cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) test is the most used noninvasive method to detect cryptococcal infection. However, false-negative CrAg test is not uncommon in clinical practice.
Tao Zhu +13 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background Cryptococcosis is one of the most frequent fungal eye infections in patients with immunosuppression. Currently, treatment approaches for non-meningeal, non-pulmonary cryptococcosis are based on those used for cryptococcal meningitis or ...
Yi-An Lu +5 more
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