Literature DB >> 19180728

A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis followed by pleuritis in an apparently immunocompetent patient during fluconazole treatment.

Koichi Izumikawa1, Yong Zhao, Kohei Motoshima, Takahiro Takazono, Tomomi Saijo, Sintaro Kurihara, Shigeki Nakamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Tomayoshi Hayashi, Shigeru Kohno.   

Abstract

Cryptococcal pleuritis is rare in individuals with no underlying disease. We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis followed by pleuritis in a patient on fluconazole treatment. Biopsy of the pleura revealed a granuloma and a cryptococcal body, while PCR and sequence analysis of extracted DNA from the pleura proved the presence of Cryptococcus species, most likely C. neoformans. Voriconazole with flucytosine and drainage of the pleural effusion were effective in treating the patient.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 19180728     DOI： 10.1080/13693780802074494

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Med Mycol        ISSN： 1369-3786            Impact factor:   4.076


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1.  Antifungal therapy in a murine model of disseminated infection by Cryptococcus gattii.

Authors:  Enrique Calvo; F Javier Pastor; M Mar Rodríguez; Isabel Pujol; Josep Guarro
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  2010-07-12       Impact factor: 5.191

2.  Retrospective analysis of 76 immunocompetent patients with primary pulmonary cryptococcosis.

Authors:  Feng Ye; Jia-xing Xie; Qing-si Zeng; Guo-qin Chen; Shu-qing Zhong; Nan-shan Zhong
Journal:  Lung       Date:  2012-01-14       Impact factor: 2.584

Review 3.  Cryptococcus neoformans empyema in a patient receiving ibrutinib for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and a review of the literature.

Authors:  Christopher David Swan; Thomas Gottlieb
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2018-07-18

4.  Pleural involvement in cryptococcal infection.

Authors:  Vasiliki E Georgakopoulou; Christos Damaskos; Pagona Sklapani; Nikolaos Trakas; Aikaterini Gkoufa
Journal:  World J Clin Cases       Date:  2022-06-06       Impact factor: 1.534

Review 5.  Pleural effusion as the initial clinical presentation in disseminated cryptococcosis and fungaemia: an unusual manifestation and a literature review.

Authors:  Mayun Chen; Xiaomi Wang; Xianjuan Yu; Caijun Dai; Dunshun Chen; Chang Yu; Xiaomei Xu; Dan Yao; Li Yang; Yuping Li; Liangxing Wang; Xiaoying Huang
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2015-09-22       Impact factor: 3.090

6.  Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Rapidly Growing Lung Nodules in an End-stage Renal Disease Patient.

Authors:  Atsushi Inaba; Akira Okada; Taiko Yoshida; Satoshi Itoyama; Tatsuro Nakai; Tetsuya Hisada; Hideki Takano
Journal:  Intern Med       Date:  2017-02-01       Impact factor: 1.271

7.  Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Authors:  Yoshitomo Kushima; Hidenori Takizawa; Yasutaka Machida; Takafumi Umetsu; Naoya Ikeda; Masaaki Miyoshi; Kazuyuki Chibana; Yasuo Shimizu; Akihiro Takemasa; Yoshiki Ishii
Journal:  Intern Med       Date:  2017-10-11       Impact factor: 1.271
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