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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2018

Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Yoshitomo Kushima, Hidenori Takizawa, Yasutaka Machida, Takafumi Umetsu, Naoya Ikeda, Masaaki Miyoshi, Kazuyuki Chibana, Yasuo Shimizu, Akihiro Takemasa, Yoshiki Ishii

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yoshitomo KushimaDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Hidenori TakizawaDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Yasutaka MachidaNasu Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
Takafumi UmetsuDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Naoya IkedaDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Masaaki MiyoshiDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Kazuyuki ChibanaDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Yasuo ShimizuDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Akihiro TakemasaDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Yoshiki IshiiDepartment of Pulmonary and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.
Dokkyo Medical University · JPYamaguchi Red Cross Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Co-infection with cryptococcus and tuberculosis has rarely been reported. We herein report a case of an 80-year-old man with cryptococcal pleuritis concurrent with pulmonary tuberculosis. He was admitted for progression of left pleural effusion and consolidation in the left upper lobe. Culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was positive in sputum, and analyses of pleural effusion revealed lymphocyte-predominant high levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA). Medical thoracoscopy revealed massive infiltration of Cryptococcus neoformans in pleura without granuloma. This is the first case report of cryptococcal pleuritis coincident with pulmonary tuberculosis. Cryptococcal pleuritis should be ruled out when the adenosine deaminase levels are elevated in pleural effusion.

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Adenosine DeaminaseAged, 80 and overAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCoinfectionCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansHumansLymphocytesMaleMycobacterium tuberculosisPleuraPleural EffusionPleurisyPrednisoneTreatment OutcomeTuberculosis, PleuralAdenosine DeaminaseAnti-Inflammatory AgentsPrednisoneadenosine deaminaseco-infectioncryptococcal antigen testcryptococcal pleuritispulmonary tuberculosis

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PMID29021481
PMCPMC5799068
OpenAlexW2761678539

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