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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Multifocal cryptococcal disease in an HIV-infected patient: from diagnostic pursuit to management peculiarities.

Isabel M Eira, Filipa S Pinho, Cindy Tribuna, Cristina Ângela

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabel M EiraInternal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal isi.morgado@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5815-688X
Filipa S PinhoInternal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
Cindy TribunaInternal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1858-676X
Cristina ÂngelaInternal Medicine, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
Hospital Braga · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal infection that affects immunocompromised patients, causing predominantly meningoencephalitis and pneumonia. Lymph node involvement is rare and its identification may not be obvious. We report the case of a patient recently diagnosed with AIDS and previously treated for cryptococcal meningitis who developed multifocal cryptococcal disease despite antifungal treatment, expressed as cervical and mediastinal lymphadenitis and constitutional symptoms. The difficulty of the diagnosis was based on the fact that cryptococcal meningitis was resolved after treatment, and the new manifestations were more typical of other conditions such as tuberculosis and malignancy. Final diagnosis was established after fine-needle aspiration cytology of a lymph node with

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Immunocompromised HostAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsBiopsy, Fine-NeedleCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMesenteric LymphadenitisMiddle Agedcryptococcosiscryptococcusdrugs: infectious diseasesHIV/AIDS

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PMID31937629
PMCPMC7035828
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