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Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It predominantly affects people with immunosuppresion and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Extrapulmonary dissemination is rare in immunocompetent hosts. We present here a case of disseminated c...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778480 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.129847 |
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author | Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Kumar, Narahari Narendra Jaganathan, Venugopal Kumar, Saka Vinod |
author_facet | Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Kumar, Narahari Narendra Jaganathan, Venugopal Kumar, Saka Vinod |
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description | Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It predominantly affects people with immunosuppresion and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Extrapulmonary dissemination is rare in immunocompetent hosts. We present here a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with an unusually large pulmonary mass and meningitis and successfully managed with medical therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-39996772014-04-28 Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Kumar, Narahari Narendra Jaganathan, Venugopal Kumar, Saka Vinod Lung India Case Report Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It predominantly affects people with immunosuppresion and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Extrapulmonary dissemination is rare in immunocompetent hosts. We present here a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with an unusually large pulmonary mass and meningitis and successfully managed with medical therapy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3999677/ /pubmed/24778480 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.129847 Text en Copyright: © Lung India 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar Kumar, Narahari Narendra Jaganathan, Venugopal Kumar, Saka Vinod Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title | Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title_full | Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title_fullStr | Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title_full_unstemmed | Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title_short | Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
title_sort | pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778480 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.129847 |
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