Disseminated Cryptococcal Disease in Non-HIV, Nontransplant Patient

Disseminated Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Cryptococcus neoformans is ubiquitous encapsulated yeast found throughout the world. It predominantly causes significant infections in immunocompromised individuals, of which 80-90% occur in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Disseminated cryptococcal infection is uncommon and almost always occurs in HIV-infected patients. Disseminated disease, especially noncutaneous cry...

Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with HIV/AIDS at a teaching hospital in Ghana

OBJECTIVE To raise awareness of the existence of cryptococcal infections in HIV/AIDS patients in Ghana. METHOD Detailed postmortem gross and histopathological analysis of an HIV/AIDS patient suspected to have cryptococcal meningitis was carried out and histopathological findings correlated with clinical findings. RESULTS showed disseminated Cryptococcosis in an HIV/AIDS patient which was co...

High Prevalence of Cryptococcal Antigenaemia and Disseminated Cryptococcal Disease Amongst Patients with Advanced HIV Disease in Pune, India

Pulmonary cryptococcosis in patients without HIV infection.

PURPOSE To further elucidate the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis who are not HIV-infected. SUBJECTS All of the patients without HIV infection who received care at two Midwest hospitals between January 1986 and February 1996 and had a respiratory isolate of Cryptococcus neoformans. METHODS The medical records of the study patients were reviewed...

Acute Respiratory Failure Associated with Cryptococcal Pneumonia and Disseminated Cryptococcosis in an AIDS Patient

A 36-year-old homosexual Mexican man was admitted to our hospital, with a 30-day history of fever and headache. Upon cerebrospinal fluid examination, the patient's white blood cell count was 1,580/L, total protein was 26 mg/dL, sugar was 17 mg/dL, and his intracranial pressure was 23 cmH2O. The patient was diagnosed with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection by serum Western blotting. Cr...