Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review

Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection caused mainly by Cryptocococcus neoformans (CN) species and it rarely infects immunocompetent hosts. The outcomes are better only if the condition is suspected and diagnosed early and treatment is instituted.

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Autores principales: Abid, Muhammad Bilal, De Mel, Sanjay, Limei, Michelle Poon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25984313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.198
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spelling pubmed-44273762015-05-15 Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review Abid, Muhammad Bilal De Mel, Sanjay Limei, Michelle Poon Clin Case Rep Case Reports Cryptococcosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection caused mainly by Cryptocococcus neoformans (CN) species and it rarely infects immunocompetent hosts. The outcomes are better only if the condition is suspected and diagnosed early and treatment is instituted. BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015-05 2015-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4427376/ /pubmed/25984313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.198 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title_full Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title_fullStr Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title_short Disseminated Cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
title_sort disseminated cryptococcal infection in an immunocompetent host mimicking plasma cell disorder: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4427376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25984313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.198
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