Progressive Pulmonary Cryptococcal Infection in a Nonimmunocompromised Host

Authors

  • Shahin Shaikh Department of Medicine Nassau County Medical Center East Meadow, New York United States of America
  • Faroque A Khan State University of New York at Stony Brook East Meadow, New York United States of America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5915/23-1-15228

Keywords:

Cryptococcal infection, Pulmonary Infection

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/23-1-15228

This case report describes a 29-year-old, non-immunocompromised patient who presented with pulmonary and central nervous system (CNS) cryptococcosis. While the neurological infection responded to systemic antifungal therapy, the pulmonary infection progressed, necessitating an excision of the pulmonary lesion. Subsequently the patient had a fatal relapse of cryptococcal meningitis. We are reporting this interesting and informative case because of extensive pulmonary and CNS cryptococcosis in the presence of a normal immune status.

Author Biographies

Shahin Shaikh, Department of Medicine Nassau County Medical Center East Meadow, New York United States of America

M.D.

Department of Medicine
Nassau County Medical Center
East Meadow, New York
United States of America 

Faroque A Khan, State University of New York at Stony Brook East Meadow, New York United States of America

M.D.

State University of New York at Stony Brook
East Meadow, New York
United States of America

 

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Published

1991-01-01

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Case Reports