especially those with HIV infection, cryptococcal pneumonia is usually symptomatic and can progress rapidly to ARDS, even in the absence of CNS involvement. Most immunocompromised
In AIDS patients with cryptococcal pneumonia, culture of bronchoalveolar lavage washings With possible CNS cryptococcosis, especially in patients who present with focal neurologic deficits or a history compatible with slowly progressive meningitis, consider obtaining a computed tomography or magnetic resonance...
The lung is the main gateway, and also is the most common site, with diverse clinical manifestations ranging from an asymptomatic to severe pneumonia. When symptommatic, most patients present with fever and cough with expectoration or hemoptysis. The most common radiological findings in immuno...
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Hospital course was further complicated by recurrent gram-negative bacteremia, MSSA pneumonia, tricuspid valve infective endocarditis, and CMV pneumonitis, all requiring multiple courses of treatment. The patient was ultimately made DNR by his family and passed after maximum vasopressors could not ...
Radiology of pneumonia 2001, Medical Clinics of North America Citation Excerpt : Lymph node enlargement is unusual but when present can be massive.33 Well-defined masses can mimic pulmonary carcinoma,78 and in such cases central nervous system involvement can be mistaken for metastatic disease. Actin...
Cryptococcus neoformans is an uncommonly recognized cause of pneumonia in HIV-negative patients. Because of its propensity to disseminate to the meninges... JW Baddley,JR Perfect,RA Oster,... - 《European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases》 被引量: 188发表: 2008年 Cryptococcos...
To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of concomitant CNS infections with Cryptococcus neoformans and Aspergillus fumigatus, along with cytomegalovirus (CMV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) pneumonia while on acalabrutinib. This case adds to the scarce literature of fungal and...
Cryptococcal infection was rarely considered during the initial visits, and most cases were diagnosed with uncertainty (42.9%), followed by lung cancer (28.2%) and pneumonia (25.8%). Seventy-one patients received antifungal drugs only, with a median fluconazole dose of 375mg/d (IQR ...
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