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Cryptococcal sepsis in small vessel vasculitis

Author(s) -

VN Unni,

Sneha Satish,

R Rajesh,

Sangale Shashikala,

G Kurian

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

indian journal of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1998-3662

pISSN - 0971-4065

DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.70850

Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , meningoencephalitis , vasculitis , cryptococcus , sepsis , cryptococcus neoformans , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cryptococcal meningitis , dermatology , pathology , immunology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , viral disease , biology

While meningoencephalitis due to cryptococcus is well known in immunocompromised patients, disseminated cryptococcosis and cryptococcemia is rare outside the setting of advanced HIV infection. We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis occurring in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis on immunosuppressive medications.

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