Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in HIV- sero-negative patients: case series from India
| Autor: | Samudrala Raghavan, Rupali Mallik, Shimpi Chopra, Jyotsna Suri, Animesh Ray, Sonal Gupta, Dipak Bhattacharya, Geetika Khanna, Malini R. Capoor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Antifungal Agents Time Factors Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) India Dermatology medicine.disease_cause Virus Diabetes Complications Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy Recurrence Pulmonary tuberculosis HIV Seronegativity Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans Pregnancy Complications Infectious Child Pulmonary cryptococcosis Lung Diseases Fungal business.industry Cryptococcosis General Medicine Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma medicine.disease Surgery Causality Infectious Diseases Puerperal Infection Lymphoblastic leukaemia Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Mycoses. 58:288-293 |
| ISSN: | 0933-7407 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/myc.12313 |
| Popis: | Pulmonary cryptococcosis is likely to be misdiagnosed due to relatively non-specific clinical and radiological features. It is more frequently associated with immuno-suppressed conditions especially acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Four cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis were diagnosed over a period of eleven years. All patients in this case series were human immune-deficiency virus (HIV)-negative. The predisposing factors in these patients were diabetes mellitus (DM), acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), post-partum and pregnancy in one each of the patients. Relapse was seen in two cases. All the patients survived due to strict follow-up. Pulmonary cryptococcosis is common in non-AIDS patients and it warrants rapid diagnosis, treatment and follow-up to prevent relapse. |
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