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A case of pneumonia caused by infection with Tropheryma whipplei complicated by cryptococcus during treatment with a Janus kinase inhibitor: a case report.
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This report describes the case of a 41-year-old male patient complaining of a hacking cough. The patient was treated with a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor for psoriasis. Blood tests revealed mild lymphopenia and high levels of serum cryptococcal antigen.
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Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Cryptococcosis is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid-organ transplant (SOT) recipients after candidiasis and aspergillosis. These patients are at risk of disseminated cryptococcosis because of immuosuppressive therapy. The median time to disease onset after kidney transplantation is approximately 35 months and it rarely occurs more than 10 years after transplantation.
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