Abstract Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by the encapsulated yeasts Cryptococcus neoformans and gattii, which are opportunistic pathogens that mainly affect immunocompromised individuals. Infection primarily inhalation causes pulmonary disease; haematogenous dissemination may other organs, particularly central nervous system, with 10% of disseminated cryptococcosis affecting skin. Primary...

INTRODUCTION In this study, the clinical features, underlying diseases and clinical outcomes of patients with cryptococcosis were investigated. In addition, a molecular analysis of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex isolated from these patients was performed. METHODS A prospective study of 62 cases of patients with cryptococcal infection was conducted at the Hospital de Doenças Tropi...

Abstract Background Cryptococcal meningitis is an uncommon but serious infection with a high mortality and morbidity. Classically described in immunocompromised patients, including those solid organ transplants or HIV/AIDS, cryptococcosis has also been reported young otherwise healthy albeit rarely. Methods We retrospectively searched for all cases of cryptococcal (≤50 years) previously patient...

BACKGROUND Disseminated cryptococcosis is a rare and fatal disease, and limited data exist regarding it in children. This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of disseminated cryptococcosis in previously healthy children in China. METHODS Hospitalized patients with disseminated cryptococcosis were enrolled during January 1996 to December 2015 in Beijing Children's Hospital,...

Cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic fungal infection and also cause of death due to central nervous system disease among patients with human immunodeficiency virus worldwide. Most the cases occur in immunocompromised like HIV infected people, people organ transplants on immunosuppressants. Nowdays there increase cryptoccal meningitis diabetic patients. Current case series includes cryp...

Solitary Pulmonary Cryptococcoma without diffuse infiltration of the lung is an extremely rare manifestation cryptococcosis, even in immunosuppressed individuals. This report presents immunocompetent elderly man with a large solitary right mass, preoperatively diagnosed as inflammatory lesion granuloma on CT guided biopsy, later proved to be histopathological examination after Right Postero-late...

Objective: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by Cryptococcus and can result in cryptococcal meningitis, which AIDS-defining condition associated with high morbidity mortality. Although a prevalence of Cryptococcal antigenemia (CrAg) preceding disease has been reported HIV-infected Nigerian adults, it more common patients low CD4, stage 3 or 4 HIV. However, there only one study...