The differential diagnosis of a lung mass with multiple pulmonary nodules includes metastases of lung cancer, mycobacterial infections, and pulmonary mycosis. Pulmonary cryptococcosis should be recognized, especially in immunocompromised patients.
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Open Respir Arch
November 2024
Department of Pulmonology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Infect Drug Resist
December 2024
Centre of Laboratory Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Objective: To compare the performance of a new chemiluminescence method with that of the traditional colloidal gold method for cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) detection.
Methods: Cryptococcosis is a global invasive mycosis associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) testing from serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been regarded as the gold standard for early diagnosis.
BMC Pulm Med
December 2024
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, 154 Anshan Road, Heping District, Tianjin, China.
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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December 2024
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, New South Wales Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: Limited data exist regarding outcomes of cryptococcosis in patients without HIV with few studies having compared outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii, versus C. neoformans, infection.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in 46 Australian and New Zealand hospitals to determine the outcomes of cryptococcosis in patients without HIV diagnosed between 2015 and 2019, and compared outcomes of C.
Kyobu Geka
December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki, Japan.
The patient is an 81-year-old man. He underwent surgery for pancreatic body cancer in 201X and was followed up every six months with computed tomography (CT) imaging. A CT scan in 201X+5 showed a new nodule in S6 of the right lung.
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