1. A rare case of disseminated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient.
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Gbadamosi H, Afriyie-Mensah JS, Ansah EN, Dadzie SK, and Puplampu P
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- Humans, Male, Lung diagnostic imaging, Lung pathology, Middle Aged, Cryptococcus neoformans isolation & purification, Cryptococcosis diagnosis, Cryptococcosis drug therapy, Lung Diseases, Fungal diagnosis, Lung Diseases, Fungal diagnostic imaging, Lung Diseases, Fungal drug therapy, Lung Diseases, Fungal microbiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Immunocompetence, Antifungal Agents therapeutic use
- Abstract
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an uncommon invasive fungal infection of the lungs seen in immunocompromised individuals but increasingly reported among the immunocompetent. We report a rare case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host highlighting its unique clinical and radiological presentation.Clinical trial number: Not applicable., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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