ArticleCureus2022
Cryptococcal Pneumonia in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Rare Occurrence.
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- Pulmonary cryptococcosis with or without immunocompromise: a retrospective comparative study of clinical and CT features and influential factors for lesion absorption.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Cryptococcosis with pulmonary cavitation in an immunocompetent child: a case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Review
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Abstract
Cryptococcosis is an invasive yeast infection commonly found among immunosuppressed patients. Pulmonary cryptococcal infection can have variable presentations ranging from pulmonary nodules and masses to consolidation. A patient can present with shortness of breath, cough, sputum production, chest pain, fatigue, and weight loss. Diagnosis can be made using fungal culture, histology, radiographic findings, and cryptococcal antigen in serum as well as in the cerebrospinal fluid. Treatment is usually with a combination or a single antifungal agent. Few cases have been reported in immunocompetent individuals. Here we present a case of 69-year-old immunocompetent individual, who was initially seen in the outpatient clinic for dyspnea, cough, and fatigue and was treated for pneumonia. The patient remained symptomatic despite multiple courses of oral antibiotics. He was then sent for inpatient admission. CT scan was obtained that showed patchy infiltrates and consolidations, followed by bronchoscopy. The cytology confirmed adenocarcinoma. The fungal smear and culture grew
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