A 32-year-old HIV positive male presents with fevers and a non-productive cough. Initial X-ray and subsequent computerised tomography of the chest shows a bilateral miliary pattern of pulmonary infiltration highly suggestive of disseminated tuberculosis. However subsequent results were consistent with disseminated cryptococcosis, including pulmonary involvement, with cryptococcus identified on ...

Sir, Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and is usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Histopathologically, the skin lesions are divided into two types, i.e. cystic and granulomatous lesions (1, 2), each of which occurs exclusively depending on the conditions of individual hosts (3). For unknown reason the titre of cryptococcal antigen in patients...

BACKGROUND Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) infection is one of the most common opportunistic infections in AIDS patients. C. neoformans usually infects the central nervous system (CNS) and/or lungs with typical clinical manifestation. CASE REPORT Here, we report the case of a 52-year-old HIV-1-infected man with disseminated cryptococcosis, including subacute meningitis, pulmonary, and c...

Cryptococcus is an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that rarely causes infection in immunocompetent patients. We present the case report of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of rectal cancer with an isolated lumbar vertebral cryptococcosis proven by biopsy performed during operation. The patient was not an immunocompromised host and did not have any other risk factors except the histor...

Cryptococcosis is a symptomatic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus, which frequently occurs in patients who are immunologically compromised or chronically ill. Localized involvement of the hepatobiliary system in an immunocompetent adult is extremely rare. We report a unique case of isolated biliary cryptococcosis manifesting as obstructive jaundice and mimicking hilar cholangiocarcinoma i...

Background. To describe the epidemiological behavior of the co-infection with HIV/Cryptococcosis in Costa Rica in the period of 2002 to 2015. Methods. This is a retrospective descriptive study of incidence, based on hospital discharge registries of the Social Security Health System, and data from the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica. The annual incidence of HIV infection per 100,000 inhabitants...

Background. To describe the epidemiological behavior of the co-infection with HIV/Cryptococcosis in Costa Rica in the period of 2002 to 2015. Methods. This is a retrospective descriptive study of incidence, based on hospital discharge registries of the Social Security Health System, and data from the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica. The annual incidence of HIV infection per 100,000 inhabitants...