Literature DB >> 7546590

Laryngeal cryptococcus. Treatment with oral fluconazole.

J E Kerschner1, M B Ridley, J N Greene.   

Abstract

We treated a case of laryngeal Cryptococcus neoformans infection in a glucocorticosteroid-dependent patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful treatment of laryngeal cryptococcus using oral fluconazole as a single agent.

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Year:  1995        PMID: 7546590     DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1995.01890100097017

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg        ISSN: 0886-4470


  2 in total

1.  Primary Larynx Cryptococcus neoformans Infection: A Distinctive Clinical Entity.

Authors:  Mathieu Bergeron; Andrée-Anne Gagné; Mathieu Côté; Jacinthe Chênevert; Robert Dubé; René Pelletier
Journal:  Open Forum Infect Dis       Date:  2015-10-26       Impact factor: 3.835

2.  Laryngeal Cryptococcosis Associated With Inhaled Corticosteroid Use: Case Reports and Literature Review.

Authors:  Daniel Jun Yi Wong; Peter Stanley; Paul Paddle
Journal:  Front Surg       Date:  2017-11-13
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