Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Co-infection with cryptococcus and tuberculosis has rarely been reported. We herein report a case of an 80-year-old man with cryptococcal pleuritis concurrent with pulmonary tuberculosis. He was admitted for progression of left pleural effusion and consolidation in the left upper lobe. Culture for M...

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Autores principales: Kushima, Yoshitomo, Takizawa, Hidenori, Machida, Yasutaka, Umetsu, Takafumi, Ikeda, Naoya, Miyoshi, Masaaki, Chibana, Kazuyuki, Shimizu, Yasuo, Takemasa, Akihiro, Ishii, Yoshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29021481
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.9020-17

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