Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

A 59-year-old HIV-negative Ugandan man presented with a long-standing history of respiratory symptoms and was found to have an intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococoma by chest imaging and sputum culture. The serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. The sputum Xpert® MTB RIF Ultra assay was negative. H...

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Autores principales: Kalyango, Najibu, Kwizera, Richard, Baluku, Joseph B., Bongomin, Felix
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7056601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.005
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author Kalyango, Najibu
Kwizera, Richard
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description A 59-year-old HIV-negative Ugandan man presented with a long-standing history of respiratory symptoms and was found to have an intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococoma by chest imaging and sputum culture. The serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. The sputum Xpert® MTB RIF Ultra assay was negative. He was previously treated for cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient had poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c, 9.3%). The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole.
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spelling pubmed-70566012020-03-09 Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus Kalyango, Najibu Kwizera, Richard Baluku, Joseph B. Bongomin, Felix Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A 59-year-old HIV-negative Ugandan man presented with a long-standing history of respiratory symptoms and was found to have an intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococoma by chest imaging and sputum culture. The serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. The sputum Xpert® MTB RIF Ultra assay was negative. He was previously treated for cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient had poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c, 9.3%). The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole. Elsevier 2020-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7056601/ /pubmed/32154097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.005 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) 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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title_short Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
title_sort intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7056601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32154097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.02.005
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