CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN A NON-HIV INFECTED PATIENT

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作者
Pandit, Lekha [1 ]
Agrawal, Amit [2 ]
Shenoy, Shalini [3 ]
Kamath, Ganesh [4 ]
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[1] KS Hegde Med Acad, Neurol, Mangalore, India
[2] Kasturba Med Coll & Hosp, Neurosurg, Manipal, Karnataka, India
[3] Kasturba Med Coll & Hosp, Microbiol, Manipal, Karnataka, India
[4] AJ Shetty Med Coll, Radiol, Mangalore, India
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AIDS; Cryptococcus meningitis; HIV; immunosuppressive therapy;
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10.29333/ejgm/82383
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Pulmonary cryptococcosis associated with cryptococcal meningitis in non-HIV infected patients is an uncommon finding. We report a case of polymyositis who developed pulmonary cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis while she was on long term oral steroids, treated successfully.
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