Fatal fulminant cryptococcemia complicating sarcoidosis: Is it to be expected?

Cryptococcosis may be a life-threatening complication of sarcoidosis. We describe a case of cryptococcemia that rapidly progressed toward fatality without apparent other sites of infection. We discuss on the importance of serum cryptococcal polysaccharide antigen testing for identifying at-risk pati...

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Autores principales: Posteraro, Patrizia, Vacca, Katia, Celi, Massimiliano, De Angelis, Giulia, Vella, Antonietta, Sanguinetti, Maurizio, Posteraro, Brunella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.08.006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6106708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30148060
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.08.006

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