Disseminated Cryptococcosis Presenting as Perforated Appendicitis and Initially Misdiagnosed as Histoplasmosis

ABSTRACTCryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Appendicitis as the initial manifestation of cryptococcus infection is unreported in the literature. This case further illustrates the diagnostic challenge of histopathology to identify a common fungal pathogen in an atypical location..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases in clinical practice - 24(2016), 3, Seite 171-173

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kaplan-Lewis, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Robins, Daniel [Sonstige Person]
Welinsky, Sara [Sonstige Person]
Lee, Mikyung [Sonstige Person]
MacKay, Richard [Sonstige Person]
Ko, Mabel [Sonstige Person]
Zhu, Hongfa [Sonstige Person]
Hamula, Camille L.A [Sonstige Person]

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44.00

doi:

10.1097/IPC.0000000000000326

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OLC1975924126