Cryptococcus gattii fungemia : Report of a case with lung and brain lesions mimicking radiological features of malignancy

A 64-year-old apparently immunocompetent white man developed lung and brain lesions of disseminated cryptococcosis. The radiologic features mimicked those of lung cancer metastatic to the central nervous system. C. gattii was recovered from cultures of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, brain biopsy, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2007-07, Vol.49 (4), p.263-265
Hauptverfasser:	OLIVEIRA, Flavio De Mattos, SEVERO, Cecilia Bittencourt, GUAZZELLI, Luciana Silva, SEVERO, Luiz Carlos
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Brain - microbiology Cryptococcosis - diagnostic imaging Cryptococcosis - microbiology Cryptococcus - isolation & purification Diagnosis, Differential Fatal Outcome Fungemia - diagnosis Fungemia - microbiology General aspects Human mycoses Humans Infectious diseases Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous mycoses Mycoses Mycotic sepsis Nervous System Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed TROPICAL MEDICINE
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