Open AccessPulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host
Author(s) -
Manoj Kumar Panigrahi,
Narahari Narendra Kumar,
Venugopal Jaganathan,
Senthil Kumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.129847
Subject(s) - cryptococcal meningitis , cryptococcosis , medicine , meningitis , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , host (biology) , immunocompetence , virology , viral disease , pediatrics , immune system , biology , ecology
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It predominantly affects people with immunosuppresion and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Extrapulmonary dissemination is rare in immunocompetent hosts. We present here a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient who presented with an unusually large pulmonary mass and meningitis and successfully managed with medical therapy.