Cryptococcosis with bird's eye manifestation: A case report.

Lung India

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Published: January 2018

Cryptococcosis is a menacing opportunistic infection most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Its occurrence in immunocompetant individuals is uncustomary. Disseminated cryptococcosis is subtile in immunocompetent individuals. Cryptococcosis presenting with myriad of symptoms with involvement of lung, meninges, hematological system is rare. We present to you a unique case of disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as bilateral pulmonary nodular opacities with peripheral eosinophilia and meningitis along with a narration of the enthralling diagnostic process.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946562PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_397_17DOI Listing

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