Pulmonary cryptococcosis with cryptococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent host

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 c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Lung India 2014-04, Vol.31 (2), p.152-154
Hauptverfasser: Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar, Kumar, Narahari Narendra, Jaganathan, Venugopal, Kumar, Saka Vinod
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0970-2113
0974-598X
DOI:10.4103/0970-2113.129847