Abstract
AbstractCryptococcosis is a fungal infection that is rarely reported in patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, especially when the central nervous system (CNS) or pulmonary system is not involved. We report a case of isolated colonic cryptococcosis without disseminated disease in a 64-year-old immunocompetent woman without HIV infection who presented with chronic diarrhea and no episodes of fever or weight loss. The diagnosis was based on histopathology examination. Furthermore, we performed a literature review showing that few reports have been published so far and in the case of colonic cryptococcal infection, the prognosis is favorable among HIV-uninfected patients.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Medicine
Reference18 articles.
1. May RC, Stone NRH, Wiesner DL, Bicanic T, Nielsen K (2016) Cryptococcus: from environmental saprophyte to global pathogen. Nat Rev Microbiol 14:106–117
2. Maziarz EK, Perfect JR (2016) Cryptococcosis. Infect Dis Clin N Am 30:179–206
3. Binnicker MJ, Jespersen DJ, Bestrom JE, Rollins LO (2012) Comparison of four assays for the detection of cryptococcal antigen. Clin Vaccine Immunol 19:1988–1990
4. Huang HR, Fan LC, Rajbanshi B, Xu JF (2015) Evaluation of a new cryptococcal antigen lateral flow immunoassay in serum, cerebrospinal fluid and urine for the diagnosis of cryptococcosis: a meta-analysis and systematic review. PLoS One 10:1–10
5. Zelman S, O’Neil R, Plaut A (1951) Disseminated visceral torulosis without nervous system involvement with clinical appearance of granulocytic leukemia. Am J Med 11:658–664
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献