Cryptococcemia in an Elderly Woman with Retroperitoneal Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma after Rituximab-containing Chemotherapy

Autor: Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu, Chang-Pang Liu, Ken-Hong Lim, Shu-Ling Weng, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Gerontology, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 112-116 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1873-9598
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2015.02.005
Popis: Cryptococcemia is a bloodstream fungal infection caused by encapsulated yeasts of Cryptococcus neoformans. We reported an 88-year-old woman in whom C. neoformans colonies of smooth and mucoid phenotypes were sequentially cultured from the blood during treatment of retroperitoneal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using rituximab-containing chemotherapy. The most likely cause was disease progression of pulmonary cryptococcoma. She was successfully treated with optimal antifungal therapy.
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