Successful management of cryptococcosis of the bilateral adrenal glands and liver by unilateral adrenalectomy with antifungal agents: a case report

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus species usually affect the central nervous system and lungs in immunocompromised hosts. Although the adrenal glands can be involved in disseminated cryptococcosis, primary adrenal insufficiency caused by the fungal infection is uncommon. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case...

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Autores principales: Matsuda, Yayoi, Kawate, Hisaya, Okishige, Yuka, Abe, Ichiro, Adachi, Masahiro, Ohnaka, Keizo, Satoh, Naoichi, Inokuchi, Junichi, Tatsugami, Katsunori, Naito, Seiji, Nomura, Masatoshi, Takayanagi, Ryoichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22166121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-340

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3254187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22166121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-340

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