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ArticleIranian journal of microbiology2023

Cryptococcosis in oncology patients: a case series in a tertiary care cancer centre.

Sagila Savithri Gangadharan, Swapna Raveendranath

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Article in Iranian journal of microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sagila Savithri GangadharanDepartment of Microbiology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Swapna RaveendranathDepartment of Microbiology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Regional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptococcosis, a relatively uncommon infection in cancer patients is often associated with delayed diagnosis and high fatality rate due to its highly heterogeneous and protean manifestations. Early recognition and initiation of appropriate antifungal therapy might have a favourable outcome in such cases. Here we report three cases of Cryptococcosis among cancer patients in a tertiary care cancer centre in South India. All three patients were males of different ages at presentation with immunosuppression in the form of solid organ or hematologic malignancy and were using immunosuppressive medications like steroids or chemotherapeutic agents. They presented with cryptococcemia and cryptococcal meningitis. Patients with microbiologically proven cryptococcosis had poor outcome in this subgroup of patients.

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AdenocarcinomaB cell lymphomaCryptococcosisHodgkin lymphomaImmunosuppressionOpportunistic pathogen

Identifiers

PMID38156297
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OpenAlexW4389057415

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