A Rare Case of Disseminated Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Overview

Journal BMC Pulm Med

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2024 Oct 4

PMID 39367350

Authors

Hafisatu Gbadamosi

Jane Sandra Afriyie-Mensah

Emmanuel Nyamekye Ansah

Samuel Kwame Dadzie

Peter Puplampu

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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.

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