Bollam Rahul, Yassin Mohamed, Phan Tung
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Division of Clinical Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2020 Mar 3;30:101034. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101034. eCollection 2020.
Cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic infection. It is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients. The primary organ affected is the lungs, but infection of the central nervous system and other organ systems are also seen. Here we reported a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a healthy patient who presented with severe pneumonia, a left upper lobe nodule and enlarged mediastinal lymphadenopathy on a chest computed tomography scan.
隐球菌病是一种重要的机会性感染。它是实体器官移植受者中第三常见的侵袭性真菌感染。主要受累器官是肺,但中枢神经系统和其他器官系统的感染也可见到。在此,我们报告一例健康患者发生播散性隐球菌病的病例,该患者胸部计算机断层扫描显示有严重肺炎、左上叶结节及纵隔淋巴结肿大。