Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.

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Autores principales: Andreou, Marina, Cogliati, Massimo, Kolonitsiou, Fevronia, Stroumpos, Charalampos, Stamouli, Vasiliki, Ravazoula, Panagiota, Siagris, Dimitrios, Papadogeorgaki, Helen, Christofidou, Myrto, Lekkou, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002
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author Andreou, Marina
Cogliati, Massimo
Kolonitsiou, Fevronia
Stroumpos, Charalampos
Stamouli, Vasiliki
Ravazoula, Panagiota
Siagris, Dimitrios
Papadogeorgaki, Helen
Christofidou, Myrto
Lekkou, Alexandra
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Cogliati, Massimo
Kolonitsiou, Fevronia
Stroumpos, Charalampos
Stamouli, Vasiliki
Ravazoula, Panagiota
Siagris, Dimitrios
Papadogeorgaki, Helen
Christofidou, Myrto
Lekkou, Alexandra
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description We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.
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spelling pubmed-69066462019-12-20 Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece Andreou, Marina Cogliati, Massimo Kolonitsiou, Fevronia Stroumpos, Charalampos Stamouli, Vasiliki Ravazoula, Panagiota Siagris, Dimitrios Papadogeorgaki, Helen Christofidou, Myrto Lekkou, Alexandra Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response. Elsevier 2019-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6906646/ /pubmed/31867171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002 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/).
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Andreou, Marina
Cogliati, Massimo
Kolonitsiou, Fevronia
Stroumpos, Charalampos
Stamouli, Vasiliki
Ravazoula, Panagiota
Siagris, Dimitrios
Papadogeorgaki, Helen
Christofidou, Myrto
Lekkou, Alexandra
Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece
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title_full Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece
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title_short Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece
title_sort cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in greece
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002
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