We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.
Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece / M. Andreou, M. Cogliati, F. Kolonitsiou, C. Stroumpos, V. Stamouli, P. Ravazoula, D. Siagris, H. Papadogeorgaki, M. Christofidou, A. Lekkou. - In: MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2211-7539. - 27(2020 Mar), pp. 1-3. [10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002]
Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece
M. Cogliati;
2020
Abstract
We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.
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