Primary Larynx Cryptococcus neoformans Infection: A Distinctive Clinical Entity

Cryptococcus neoformans can directly infect the vocal cords. Endoscopic findings were undistinctive from most infiltrative diseases. Tissue biopsy was essential for the diagnosis. Inhaled corticosteroids can predispose to the infection, and fluconazole 400 mg daily for at least 6 weeks appeared to b...

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Autores principales: Bergeron, Mathieu, Gagné, Andrée-Anne, Côté, Mathieu, Chênevert, Jacinthe, Dubé, Robert, Pelletier, René
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4675918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26753169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv160
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author Bergeron, Mathieu
Gagné, Andrée-Anne
Côté, Mathieu
Chênevert, Jacinthe
Dubé, Robert
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description Cryptococcus neoformans can directly infect the vocal cords. Endoscopic findings were undistinctive from most infiltrative diseases. Tissue biopsy was essential for the diagnosis. Inhaled corticosteroids can predispose to the infection, and fluconazole 400 mg daily for at least 6 weeks appeared to be minimal to achieve a permanent cure.
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spelling pubmed-46759182016-01-08 Primary Larynx Cryptococcus neoformans Infection: A Distinctive Clinical Entity Bergeron, Mathieu Gagné, Andrée-Anne Côté, Mathieu Chênevert, Jacinthe Dubé, Robert Pelletier, René Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Cryptococcus neoformans can directly infect the vocal cords. Endoscopic findings were undistinctive from most infiltrative diseases. Tissue biopsy was essential for the diagnosis. Inhaled corticosteroids can predispose to the infection, and fluconazole 400 mg daily for at least 6 weeks appeared to be minimal to achieve a permanent cure. Oxford University Press 2015-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4675918/ /pubmed/26753169 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv160 Text en © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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