Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent boy

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated fo...

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Autores principales: Bauer, Siegfried, Kim, Ji Eun, La, Kyong Suk, Yoo, Young, Lee, Kee Hyoung, Park, Sang Hee, Choung, Ji Tae, Kim, Chul Whan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21218020
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.11.971
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author Bauer, Siegfried
Kim, Ji Eun
La, Kyong Suk
Yoo, Young
Lee, Kee Hyoung
Park, Sang Hee
Choung, Ji Tae
Kim, Chul Whan
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Kim, Ji Eun
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description Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis was established as cryptococcal pneumonia. After 8 weeks of antifungal treatment, the pulmonary nodules on the chest radiographs disappeared.
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spelling pubmed-30122782011-01-07 Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent boy Bauer, Siegfried Kim, Ji Eun La, Kyong Suk Yoo, Young Lee, Kee Hyoung Park, Sang Hee Choung, Ji Tae Kim, Chul Whan Korean J Pediatr Case Report Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis was established as cryptococcal pneumonia. After 8 weeks of antifungal treatment, the pulmonary nodules on the chest radiographs disappeared. The Korean Pediatric Society 2010-11 2010-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3012278/ /pubmed/21218020 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2010.53.11.971 Text en Copyright © 2010 by The Korean Pediatric Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012278/
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