Cryptic but Deadly: A Serious Killer in Patients with Advanced Liver Disease that Should Not Be Missed

Cryptococcal peritonitis is an under-recognized disease that is an important cause of mortality in end-stage liver disease. We report a 43-year old male with decompensated cirrhosis secondary to refractory autoimmune hepatitis on immunosuppression with hepatocellular carcinoma who developed cryptoco...

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Autores principales: Berinstein, Jeffrey, Likhitsup, Alisa, Vedula, Sai Charan, Conjeevaram, Hari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5821507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492365
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1976

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5821507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492365
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1976

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