Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus

Although lungs are the portal of entry for cryptococcus, pulmonary disease is relatively uncommon. Cavitary pulmonary disease is even less common. We report a rare case of cryptococcosis with an isolated cavitary lung lesion in a renal allograft recipient.

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Autores principales: Sandhu, J. S., Makkar, V., Sohal, P. M., Singh, A., Kaur, H., Sandhu, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049280
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.116333
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spelling pubmed-37647182013-09-18 Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus Sandhu, J. S. Makkar, V. Sohal, P. M. Singh, A. Kaur, H. Sandhu, J. Indian J Nephrol Case Report Although lungs are the portal of entry for cryptococcus, pulmonary disease is relatively uncommon. Cavitary pulmonary disease is even less common. We report a rare case of cryptococcosis with an isolated cavitary lung lesion in a renal allograft recipient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3764718/ /pubmed/24049280 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.116333 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nephrology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus
title Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus
title_full Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus
title_fullStr Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus
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title_short Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus
title_sort isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: a rare manifestation of cryptococcus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764718/
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