A rare case of disseminated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient

BMC Pulm Med. 2024 Oct 4;24(1):484. doi: 10.1186/s12890-024-03318-w.

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.

Keywords: Crptococcocus; Dissemination; Immunocompetent; Immunosuppressed; Pulmonary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Cryptococcosis* / diagnosis
  • Cryptococcosis* / drug therapy
  • Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal* / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal* / drug therapy
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal* / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents