A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom

We report a case of Cryptococcus gattii infection in the UK in a 76-year-old woman on biologic therapy for intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. An incidental nodular lung lesion was found on a chest imaging and histology, culture and molecular mycology studies of the lobectomy specimen revealed the...

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Autores principales: Rodriguez-Goncer, Isabel, Bongomin, Felix, Doran, Helen M., Novak-Frazer, Lily, Masania, Rikesh, Moore, Caroline B., Richardson, Malcolm D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6071375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30094128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.007
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Sumario:We report a case of Cryptococcus gattii infection in the UK in a 76-year-old woman on biologic therapy for intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. An incidental nodular lung lesion was found on a chest imaging and histology, culture and molecular mycology studies of the lobectomy specimen revealed the presence of C. gattii.

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