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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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Autores principales: Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar, Kumar, Narahari Narendra, Jaganathan, Venugopal, Kumar, Saka Vinod
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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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
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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.
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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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