Title
Cryptococcal infection of the colon in a patient without concurrent human immunodeficiency infection: a case report and literature review
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Quincho-Lopez A.
Kojima N.
Nesemann J.M.
Verona-Rubio R.
Publisher(s)
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Abstract
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.
Start page
2623
End page
2626
Volume
40
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105950870
PubMed ID
Source
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
09349723
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