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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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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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Incidental diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis by rebiopsy for epidermal growth factor receptor T790M mutation: A case report

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, Shinya Yokoe, Tadashi Ishida   +2 more
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Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2014
Here, we report a case of primary cryptococcal pneumonia in a 25-year-old woman who presented with several weeks’ history of cough, dyspnoea and night sweating. These symptoms started in the third trimester of her pregnancy. She was being treated for infertility and got pregnant with in vitro fertilisation.
Mehrnaz, Asadi Gharabaghi, Seyyed Farshad, Allameh   +1 more
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Experimental models of cryptococcosis. [PDF]

, 2011
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease that infects around one million people each year. Establishment and progression of disease involves a complex interplay between the fungus and a diverse range of host cell types.
May, Robin C, Sabiiti, Wilber, Robin C. May, E. Rhiannon Pursall, May, Robin; id_orcid, Sabiiti, W, May, RC, Pursall, ER, Wilber Sabiiti, Pursall, E Rhiannon   +9 more
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Concurrent Subcutaneous Candidal Abscesses and Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus and a History of Corticosteroid Therapy [PDF]

, 2014
A 50-year-old man with a history of long-term corticosteroid treatment following adrenalectomy for Cushing's syndrome and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus was admitted for an examination of an abnormal thoracic shadow.
Miyazaki, Taiga, Yoshifumi Imamura, Koichi Izumikawa, Misuzu Tsukamoto, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Shigeru Kohno, Yoshitomo Morinaga, Katsunori Yanagihara, Motoi Takenaka, Tomoya Nishino, Kurihara, Shintaro, Kosai, Kosuke, Shigeki Nakamura, Yamada, Koichi, Kakeya, Hiroshi, Takahiro Takazono, Takayoshi Tashiro, Imamura, Yoshifumi, Kosuke Kosai, Obata, Yoko, Koichi Yamada, Takenaka, Motoi, Takazono, Takahiro, Nishino, Tomoya, Taiga Miyazaki, Kohno, Shigeru, Tsukamoto, Misuzu, Nakamura, Shigeki, Izumikawa, Koichi, Yusuke Narita, Hiroshi Kakeya, Narita, Yusuke, Shintaro Kurihara, Yoko Obata, Tashiro, Takayoshi, Morinaga, Yoshitomo   +35 more
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Cryptococcus, Pathological observations of five autopsy cases and one biopsy case [PDF]

, 1959
Pathologic, anatomical, and histological findings of 5 autopsy cases and one biopsy case of cryptococcosis have been described. Macroscopically the foci of the lung are grayish white or yellowish white in color and range in size from the small acinous ...
Ogawa, Katsuo, Kanamoto, Akihisa, Uejima, Akira, Inohara, Tsuyoshi, Kuroda, Kiyoshi, Murase, Joji   +5 more
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis closely mimicking lung cancer in a membranous nephropathy patient taking calcineurin inhibitor

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, Chong Liu, JianZhu Yang, GuangWei Ren, LiHong Zhang, Tao Wang   +5 more
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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Infection in Non-HIV Patients in a Tertiary Care Center in Taiwan. [PDF]

Pulm Med
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic fungal infection in immunocompromised individuals, including those with an infection of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) but it can be increasingly seen in non\u2010HIV patients ...
Tu KC, Chang TC, Sung MI, Ho CH, Cheng KC, Yu WL.   +5 more
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Flucytosine and cryptococcosis: time to urgently address the worldwide accessibility of a 50-year-old antifungal. [PDF]

, 2013
Current, widely accepted guidelines for the management of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) recommend amphotericin B combined with flucytosine (5-FC) for ≥2 weeks as the initial induction treatment of choice.
A. Loyse, Dromer, F, Day, J, Lortholary, O, O. Lortholary, Harrison, TS, F. Dromer, Day, Jeremy, T. S. Harrison, J. Day, Loyse, A   +10 more
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