Cryptococcal prostatitis in a patient with Behçet's disease treated with fluconazole.

Authors :: Fuse H
Ohkawa M
Yamaguchi K
Hirata A
Matsubara F
Source :: Mycopathologia [Mycopathologia] 1995 Jun; Vol. 130 (3), pp. 147-50.
Publication Year :: 1995
Abstract: A 55-year-old man with Behçet's disease presented acute urinary retention due to Cryptococcus neoformans infection of the prostate. The disease was localized to the prostate. The infection was successfully treated only with fluconazole. The patient remains well without evidence of systemic or local infection at 32 months.

Subjects :: Cryptococcosis complications
Cryptococcosis pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prostatitis complications
Prostatitis pathology
Urinary Retention drug therapy
Urinary Retention microbiology
Antifungal Agents therapeutic use
Behcet Syndrome complications
Cryptococcosis drug therapy
Fluconazole therapeutic use
Prostatitis drug therapy

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