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Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia
In cases showing organizing pneumonia (OP) with radiologic findings and pathological images, it is necessary to differentiate between idiopathic and secondary diseases as the cause of OP. Cryptococcus infection as a cause of OP is not well known. We herein report two cases of secondary pulmonary cry...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6512746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31110941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100851 |
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author | Chikumoto, Ayumi Oishi, Keiji Hamada, Kazuki Matsuda, Kazuki Uehara, Sho Suetake, Ryo Yamaji, Yoshikazu Asami-Noyama, Maki Edakuni, Nobutaka Hirano, Tsunahiko Murakami, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Kazuto |
author_facet | Chikumoto, Ayumi Oishi, Keiji Hamada, Kazuki Matsuda, Kazuki Uehara, Sho Suetake, Ryo Yamaji, Yoshikazu Asami-Noyama, Maki Edakuni, Nobutaka Hirano, Tsunahiko Murakami, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Kazuto |
author_sort | Chikumoto, Ayumi |
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description | In cases showing organizing pneumonia (OP) with radiologic findings and pathological images, it is necessary to differentiate between idiopathic and secondary diseases as the cause of OP. Cryptococcus infection as a cause of OP is not well known. We herein report two cases of secondary pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompromised patients who showed OP, and the usefulness of bronchoscopy and serum cryptococcal antigen test for an early diagnosis. Common to both cases was that antibiotic therapy and corticosteroid therapy were ineffective, while antifungal agents were effective. In cases of immunocompromised patients who present OP with radiologic findings or pathological images, prompt administration of antifungal treatment at an early stage is important when pulmonary cryptococcosis is identified by bronchoscopy and serum cryptococcal antigen test. |
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spelling | pubmed-65127462019-05-20 Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia Chikumoto, Ayumi Oishi, Keiji Hamada, Kazuki Matsuda, Kazuki Uehara, Sho Suetake, Ryo Yamaji, Yoshikazu Asami-Noyama, Maki Edakuni, Nobutaka Hirano, Tsunahiko Murakami, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Kazuto Respir Med Case Rep Article In cases showing organizing pneumonia (OP) with radiologic findings and pathological images, it is necessary to differentiate between idiopathic and secondary diseases as the cause of OP. Cryptococcus infection as a cause of OP is not well known. We herein report two cases of secondary pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompromised patients who showed OP, and the usefulness of bronchoscopy and serum cryptococcal antigen test for an early diagnosis. Common to both cases was that antibiotic therapy and corticosteroid therapy were ineffective, while antifungal agents were effective. In cases of immunocompromised patients who present OP with radiologic findings or pathological images, prompt administration of antifungal treatment at an early stage is important when pulmonary cryptococcosis is identified by bronchoscopy and serum cryptococcal antigen test. Elsevier 2019-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6512746/ /pubmed/31110941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100851 Text en © 2019 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chikumoto, Ayumi Oishi, Keiji Hamada, Kazuki Matsuda, Kazuki Uehara, Sho Suetake, Ryo Yamaji, Yoshikazu Asami-Noyama, Maki Edakuni, Nobutaka Hirano, Tsunahiko Murakami, Tomoyuki Matsunaga, Kazuto Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title | Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title_full | Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title_fullStr | Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title_short | Cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
title_sort | cryptococcosis as a cause of organizing pneumonia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6512746/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31110941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100851 |
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