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 ]
机构：
[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
来源：
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL MEDICINE | 2006年 / 3卷 / 02期
关键词：
AIDS; Cryptococcus meningitis; HIV; immunosuppressive therapy;
D O I：
10.29333/ejgm/82383
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
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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