BACKGROUND Worldwide,there has been a steady increase in the number of cases of pulmonary cryptococcosis diagnosed in immunocompetent patients,where symptoms can range from mild to severe.Clinical and radiological dis...
Pleural involvement of cryptococcal infection is uncommon and is more commonly observed in immunocompromised hosts than in immunocompetent ones.Pleural involvement in cryptococcal infections can manifest with or witho...
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BACKGROUND Cryptococcus presenting as an opportunistic pathogen mainly affects immunocompromised patients,but the disseminated form of infection is rare among immunocompetent populations.The partial radiographic chara...
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 wi...
BACKGROUND Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection that mainly occurs among immunocompromised patients although it can sometimes occur in immunocompetent individuals.However,the imaging findings of pulm...
Objective: To describe the clinical, epidemiological and evolutionary aspects of cryptococcal meningitis. Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study on all HIV-infected patients who had been hospitalized for ...
Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common fungal infection of the CNS. The majority of patients with cryptococcosis have preexisting immunodeficiency such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). CT and/or MRI o...
Background Amphotericin B (0.7 mg/kg) with flucytosine is the standard treatment for cryptococcal meningitis.However,the long treatment course can induce adverse reactions in patients; therefore,reducing the dose ma...
Cryptococcus neoformans has been recognized as a human pathogen over centuries.This has achieved new prominence in the recent years as it is an opportunistic fungi causing fatal,deep mycotic infections in immunocompro...
Objective:To study disseminated cryptococcal infection in a tertiary care hospital in Southern India.Methods:The clinical profile of 12 disseminated cryptococcosis patients with the age group of 28-52 years was retros...