Cryptococcal pneumonia in a human immunodeficiency virusnegative patient: A case report  

作　　者：Xue-Qin Jiang Yan-Bei Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Geriatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University,Hefei 230022,Anhui Province,China

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》2020年第10期2038-2043,共6页世界临床病例杂志

摘　　要：BACKGROUND Cases of cryptococcal pneumonia are frequently observed in patients with various innate or acquired immunodeficiencies,including organ transplant patients,cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy,patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome,or patients on dialysis.Fluconazole is most often used to treat this condition when it is detected.CASE SUMMARY In the present report,we describe the case of a 42-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative man with normal immune function who had cryptococcal pneumonia that was diagnosed after undergoing computed tomography-guided percutaneous lung puncture.We successfully treated this patient via administration of 200 mg voriconazole twice per day for 9 mo.CONCLUSION This report provides evidence of the successful treatment of pulmonary cryptococcosis using voriconazole.

关 键 词：PNEUMONIA CRYPTOCOCCOSIS VORICONAZOLE Case report 

分 类 号：R563.1[医药卫生—呼吸系统]