Cryptococcal infection of the colon in a patient without concurrent human immunodeficiency infection: a case report and literature review.


Journal

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN: 1435-4373
Titre abrégé: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8804297

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 27 08 2020
accepted: 03 05 2021
pubmed: 15 5 2021
medline: 22 12 2021
entrez: 14 5 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection that is rarely reported in patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, especially when the central nervous system (CNS) or pulmonary system is not involved. We report a case of isolated colonic cryptococcosis without disseminated disease in a 64-year-old immunocompetent woman without HIV infection who presented with chronic diarrhea and no episodes of fever or weight loss. The diagnosis was based on histopathology examination. Furthermore, we performed a literature review showing that few reports have been published so far and in the case of colonic cryptococcal infection, the prognosis is favorable among HIV-uninfected patients.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33987802
doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04268-5
pii: 10.1007/s10096-021-04268-5
pmc: PMC8590644
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antifungal Agents 0

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2623-2626

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Alvaro Quincho-Lopez (A)

San Fernando Medical School, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

Noah Kojima (N)

Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. nkojima@ucla.edu.

John M Nesemann (JM)

David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Rogger Verona-Rubio (R)

Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru.

Dina Carayhua-Perez (D)

Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion, Lima, Peru.

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