Cryptococcus infection in a non-HIV patient: a case report

Cryptococcal infections are fungal infections most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients. Chronic high-dose steroid may precipitate such an immunocompromised state and thus create susceptibility to fungal infections. Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophyte usually found in soil contaminated wi...

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Autores principales: Sittambalam, Charmian D., Hanna, Heidi, Martello, Justin, Mitsani, Dimitra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882378
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i3.19254
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author Sittambalam, Charmian D.
Hanna, Heidi
Martello, Justin
Mitsani, Dimitra
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description Cryptococcal infections are fungal infections most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients. Chronic high-dose steroid may precipitate such an immunocompromised state and thus create susceptibility to fungal infections. Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophyte usually found in soil contaminated with pigeon droppings. Suspicion to diagnose begins with clinical symptoms that can be non-specific such as fevers, cough, and headaches. We present a case of steroid-induced cryptococcal infection in a non-HIV-infected person.
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spelling pubmed-37140702013-07-23 Cryptococcus infection in a non-HIV patient: a case report Sittambalam, Charmian D. Hanna, Heidi Martello, Justin Mitsani, Dimitra J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Cryptococcal infections are fungal infections most commonly seen in immunocompromised patients. Chronic high-dose steroid may precipitate such an immunocompromised state and thus create susceptibility to fungal infections. Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophyte usually found in soil contaminated with pigeon droppings. Suspicion to diagnose begins with clinical symptoms that can be non-specific such as fevers, cough, and headaches. We present a case of steroid-induced cryptococcal infection in a non-HIV-infected person. Co-Action Publishing 2012-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3714070/ /pubmed/23882378 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i3.19254 Text en © 2012 Charmian D. Sittambalam et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted 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/PMC3714070/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i3.19254
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