Cryptococcosis in apparently immunocompetent patients
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A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis followed by pleuritis in an apparently immunocompetent patient during fluconazole treatment.
Cryptococcal pleuritis is rare in individuals with no underlying disease. We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis followed by pleuritis in a patient on fluconazole treatment. Biopsy of the pleura revealed a granuloma and a cryptococcal body, while PCR and sequence analysis of extracted DNA from the pleura proved the presence of Cryptococcus species, most likely C. neoformans. Voriconazole ...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcl014