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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author Rodriguez-Goncer, Isabel
Bongomin, Felix
Doran, Helen M.
Novak-Frazer, Lily
Masania, Rikesh
Moore, Caroline B.
Richardson, Malcolm D.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-60713752018-08-09 A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom Rodriguez-Goncer, Isabel Bongomin, Felix Doran, Helen M. Novak-Frazer, Lily Masania, Rikesh Moore, Caroline B. Richardson, Malcolm D. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2018-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6071375/ /pubmed/30094128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.007 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Rodriguez-Goncer, Isabel
Bongomin, Felix
Doran, Helen M.
Novak-Frazer, Lily
Masania, Rikesh
Moore, Caroline B.
Richardson, Malcolm D.
A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title_full A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title_fullStr A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title_short A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom
title_sort case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to cryptococcus gattii in the united kingdom
topic Case Report
url 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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