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Cryptococcosis and unexpected death
Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti. It is most often found in immunocompromised individuals and has quite protean and chronic manifestations affecting all body systems. The unexpected death of a 22-year-old man with cryptococcal...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8320313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34324155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00400-1 |
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| description | Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti. It is most often found in immunocompromised individuals and has quite protean and chronic manifestations affecting all body systems. The unexpected death of a 22-year-old man with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis demonstrates, however, that it may have a fulminant course in previously well individuals. Also present at autopsy was a toruloma of the upper lobe of the right lung. Delays in clinical diagnoses, confusion with tuberculosis and precipitate clinical deterioration may mean that cases will be encountered unexpectedly during medicolegal autopsies. |
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| spelling | pubmed-83203132021-07-29 Cryptococcosis and unexpected death Tu, Abbie Byard, Roger W. Forensic Sci Med Pathol Lessons from the Museum Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti. It is most often found in immunocompromised individuals and has quite protean and chronic manifestations affecting all body systems. The unexpected death of a 22-year-old man with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis demonstrates, however, that it may have a fulminant course in previously well individuals. Also present at autopsy was a toruloma of the upper lobe of the right lung. Delays in clinical diagnoses, confusion with tuberculosis and precipitate clinical deterioration may mean that cases will be encountered unexpectedly during medicolegal autopsies. Springer US 2021-07-29 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8320313/ /pubmed/34324155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00400-1 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
| spellingShingle | Lessons from the Museum Tu, Abbie Byard, Roger W. Cryptococcosis and unexpected death |
| title | Cryptococcosis and unexpected death |
| title_full | Cryptococcosis and unexpected death |
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| title_short | Cryptococcosis and unexpected death |
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| topic | Lessons from the Museum |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8320313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34324155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00400-1 |
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