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BMC Pulm Med
August 2022
Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Background: The risk of developing lung cancer is increased in smokers, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, individuals exposed to environmental carcinogens, and those with a history of lung cancer. Automobile exhaust fumes containing carcinogens are a risk factor for lung cancer. However, we go through life unaware of the fact that automobile exhaust is the cause of cancer.
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August 2022
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee Unversity Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Rationale: Cryptococcus neoformans (C neoformans) infection typically occurs in immunocompromised patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or those taking immunosuppressive drugs, corticosteroids, or chemotherapy. Recently, there have been an increasing number of reports of cryptococcosis as opportunistic infections in COVID-19 patients, all of which have been related to immunocompromising conditions, underlying medical diseases, immune suppression drugs, or corticosteroids. Here, we report the first case of pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient with a history of COVID-19 who had no history of underlying diseases or immune modulation drugs.
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