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Cryptococcal prostatitis in an immunocompromised patient with tocilizumab and glucocorticoid therapy: A case report.
J Infect Chemother
January 2025
Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
Cryptococcus prostatitis is an uncommon manifestation of cryptococcal infection that occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients. Tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody, has been associated with an increased risk of cryptococcal infections. However, there have been no documented cases of cryptococcal prostatitis in patients receiving tocilizumab therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCryptococcal Prostatic Abscess-images of the Histopathologic Findings.
Intern Med
August 2024
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan.
Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Prostate Involvement in a Patient With T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia and Prostate Cancer.
Cureus
June 2024
Urology Department, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete Medical School, Heraklion, GRC.
T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) presents unique treatment challenges because of its rarity and aggressiveness. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation offers a potentially curative option, but its safety in patients with concurrent invasive fungal infections and solid malignancies remains uncertain. We present a case of a 68-year-old male with T-PLL who developed disseminated cryptococcal disease with prostate involvement and concurrent prostate cancer (PCa).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with idiopathic CD4 + T lymphocytopenia presenting as prostate and adrenal nodules: diagnosis from pathology and mNGS, a case report.
BMC Infect Dis
January 2024
Department of Infectious Diseases, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 510630, Guangzhou, China.
Disseminated Cryptococcosis infection typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, often manifested as pneumonia or meningoencephalitis. Cases with involvement of either prostate or adrenal glands are less frequent. We describe a case of an immunocompromised 62-year-old man with new-found Idiopathic CD4 + T lymphocytopenia who presented with urinary irritation symptoms followed by headache.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase report: Disseminated cryptococcus gattii in an immunocompetent patient.
IDCases
June 2022
University of Stellenbosch and Netcare N1 City hospital, PO Box 6126, Cape town 7538, South Africa.
Background: Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal disease, caused by Cryptococcus grubii, C. neoformans, and infrequently by C. gattii.
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