CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AND PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN A NON-HIV INFECTED PATIENT

被引：8

作者：

Pandit, Lekha ^{[1
]}

Agrawal, Amit ^{[2
]}

Shenoy, Shalini ^{[3
]}

Kamath, Ganesh ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] KS Hegde Med Acad, Neurol, Mangalore, India

[2] Kasturba Med Coll & Hosp, Neurosurg, Manipal, Karnataka, India

[3] Kasturba Med Coll & Hosp, Microbiol, Manipal, Karnataka, India

[4] AJ Shetty Med Coll, Radiol, Mangalore, India

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF GENERAL MEDICINE | 2006年 / 3卷 / 02期

关键词：

AIDS; Cryptococcus meningitis; HIV; immunosuppressive therapy;

D O I：

10.29333/ejgm/82383

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Pulmonary cryptococcosis associated with cryptococcal meningitis in non-HIV infected patients is an uncommon finding. We report a case of polymyositis who developed pulmonary cryptococcosis and cryptococcal meningitis while she was on long term oral steroids, treated successfully.

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