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Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient

Author(s) -

Rahul Bollam,

Mohamed Yassin,

Tung Gia Phan

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

respiratory medicine case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2213-0071

DOI - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101034

Subject(s) - cryptococcosis , medicine , pneumonia , nodule (geology) , solid organ , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , organ system , opportunistic infection , computed tomography , pathology , cryptococcus neoformans , organ transplantation , radiology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , surgery , immunology , transplantation , disease , viral disease , paleontology , genetics , biology

Cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic infection. It is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients. The primary organ affected is the lungs, but infection of the central nervous system and other organ systems are also seen. Here we reported a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a healthy patient who presented with severe pneumonia, a left upper lobe nodule and enlarged mediastinal lymphadenopathy on a chest computed tomography scan.

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