A cryptic diagnosis: disseminated cryptococcal disease presenting as an asymptomatic pulmonary nodule and a skin lesion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcosis refers to a spectrum of infections caused by the encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. In the immunocompromised host cryptococcus may disseminate resulting in significant mortality and morbidity. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 49-year-old homosexual male...

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Autores principales: Abbas, Ausami, Sikkel, Markus B, Collins, Jonathan PW, Davies, Chris WH, Chen, Fabian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19116029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-430

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2628382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19116029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-430

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