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Cutaneous System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Cutaneous Colesional Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Associated Kaposi
Sarcoma and Cryptococcosis.
Ramdial PK, Sing Y, Subrayan S, Calonje E.
Am J Dermatopathol. 2010 Aug 27
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Molluscum-like cutaneous cryptococcosis: a histopathological and pathogenetic appraisal.
Ramdial PK, Calonje E, Sing Y, et al   
J Cutan Pathol. 2008 Jun 4.
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Co-infection of molluscum contagiosum virus and cryptococcosis in the same skin lesion in a HIV-infected patient.
Annam V, Inamadar AC, Palit A, Yelikar BR.
J Cutan Pathol. 2008 Jun 9
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Primary cutaneous Cryptococcosis during therapy with methotrexate and adalimumab.
Wilson ML, Sewell LD, Mowad CM.
J Drugs Dermatol. 2008 Jan;7(1):53-4
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Cutaneous cryptococcosis as a rare manifestation of the immune reconstitution syndrome
in an HIV-1-infected patient
Gasiorowski J, Knysz B, Szetela B, Gładysz A.
Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online). 2008 Jan 14;62:1-3
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Evaluation of the levels of specific IgE against Cryptococcus diffluens and Cryptococcus
liquefaciens in patients with atopic dermatitis.
Kato H, Sugita T, Ishibashi Y, Nishikawa A.  
Microbiol Immunol. 2007;51(10):945-50.
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Cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host.
Coppola C, Ferraioli G, Scarano F.
Infez Med 2003 Mar;11(1):42-5
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Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host:case report
and review of the literature.
Revenga F, Paricio JF, Merino FJ, Nebreda T, et al.
Dermatology 2002;204(2):145-9
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Digestive System
     

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Cryptococcal liver abscess: a case report of successful treatment with amphotericin-B and literature review.
Liu PY, Yang Y, Shi ZY.  
 Jpn J Infect Dis. 2009 Jan;62(1):59-60
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Perforation peritonitis due to gastrointestinal cryptococcosis as an initial presentation in an AIDS patient.
Saha S, Agarwal N, Srivastava A, Kumar A.
 Singapore Med J. 2008 Nov;49(11):e305-7
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Liver cryptococcosis manifesting as obstructive jaundice in a young immunocompetent man:
Report of a case.
Nara S, Sano T, Ojima H, et al
Surg Today. 2008;38(3):271-4.
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Endocrine System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Cryptococcal parotitis presenting as a cystic parotid mass: Report of a case diagnosed by
fine-needle aspiration cytology.
Namiq AL, Tollefson T, Fan F.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2005 Jun 8;33(1):36-38
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Genitourinary System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

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Cutaneous cryptococcosis of the penis.
 Calista D, Grosso C.t, M Bufalini , et al
Dermatol Online J. 2008 Jul 15;14(7):9
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Musculoskeletal System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Primary calvarial cryptococcal osteomyelitis in a patient with idiopathic lymphopenia.
Amit A, Sudish K, Pople IK. 
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Jul;150(7):713-4.
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Nervous System
HIV-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis    

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
A case of successful treatment of brain and lung cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii.
Horiuchi K, Yamada M, Shirai S,  et al
Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2012;52(3):166-71
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Preventing deaths from cryptococcal meningitis: from bench to bedside.
Roy M, Chiller T.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011 Sep;9(9):715-7..
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Cryptococcal meningitis in HIV-negative patient with liver cirrhosis due to hepatitis C.
Miranda EJ, Gonçalves LG, França FO.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2011 Aug;15(4):399-400
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Characterization of BBB permeability in a preclinical model of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis
using magnetic resonance imaging.
Pai MP, Sakoglu U, Peterson SL, et al
 J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2008 Dec 10.
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Liposomal amphotericin B for a case of intractable cryptococcal meningoencephalitis and immune
reconstitution syndrome.
Sasakawa A, Yamamoto Y, Yajima K, et al
J Med Invest. 2008 Aug;55(3-4):292-6.
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Cryptococcus meningitis, five years of experience and literature review
Dorneanu O, Filip O, Miftode E, et al
Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2008 Jan-Mar;112(1):100-3
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Epidemiology and management of cryptococcal meningitis: developments and challenges.
Pukkila-Worley R, Mylonakis E.   
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2008 Mar;9(4):551-60
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Cryptococcoma in the central nervous system of a non-immunocompromised patient
Díaz-Pérez JA, García-Vera JA, Mantilla-Hernández JC, Pradilla-Ardila G.
Rev Neurol. 2008 Jan 16-31;46(2):97-101.
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A case of cryptococcal meningitis with nephrotic syndrome and renal insufficiency under
immunosuppressive therapy
Tsuchida H, Ichikawa D, Shima Y, et al  
Nippon Jinzo Gakkai Shi. 2007;49(1):54-9.
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Clinical and radiographic presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent
patients.
Yang CJ, Hwang JJ, Wang TH, et al
Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(9):788-93.
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Discontinuation of highly active antiretroviral therapy leads to cryptococcal meningitis/
choroiditis in an AIDS patient.
Chronister CL. Optometry. 2006 Sep;77(9):438-45
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  Unusual presentation of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an
immunocompetent patient.
Saigal G, Post MJ, Lolayekar S, Murtaza A. 
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Nov-Dec;26(10):2522-6.
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  Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome producing atypical presentations of cryptococcal
meningitis: Case report and a review of immune reconstitution-associated cryptococcal infections.
Broom J, Woods Ii M, Allworth A. et al   
Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(3):219-21.
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  A case of AIDS associated cryptococcal meningitis with multiple cranial nerve neuropathies.
Mohan S, Ahmed SI, Alao OA, Schliep TC.  
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2006 Feb 15;
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  Cryptococcal meningo-encephalitis in an apparently immunocompetent patient.
Bretaudeau K, Eloy O, Richer A, Bruneel F, et al; 
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2006 Feb;162(2):233-7.
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  Unusual presentation of central nervous system cryptococcal infection in an
immunocompetent patient.
Saigal G, Post MJ, Lolayekar S, Murtaza A. 
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Nov-Dec;26(10):2522-6.
Abstract
 
  Lumbar drainage for control of raised cerebrospinal fluid pressure in cryptococcal meningitis:
case report and review.
Macsween KF, Bicanic T, Brouwer AE, et al
J Infect. 2005 Nov;51(4):e221-e224.
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  Paradoxical Inflammatory Reaction during Treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii
Meningitis in an HIV-Seronegative Woman.
Einsiedel L, Gordon DL, Dyer JR
 Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Oct 15;39(8):e78-82.
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  Mesencephalic cryptococcal abscesses presenting with parkinsonism as an initial
manifestation of AIDS.
Bouffard JP, Mena H, Ripple M, Troncoso J. 
Mov Disord. 2003 Nov;18(11):1354-7.
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A cryptic cause of cryptococcal meningitis.
Cheung MC, Rachlis AR, Shumak SL.
 CMAJ 2003 Feb 18;168(4):451-2
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Respiratory System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
A case of successful treatment of brain and lung cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii.
Horiuchi K, Yamada M, Shirai S,  et al
Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2012;52(3):166-71
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An unusual presentation of pulmonary cryptococcosis with co-existing disseminated tuberculosis
in an AIDS patient.
Chandrashekar UK, Acharya V, Varghese GK, Rao L.
Trop Doct. 2012 Jan;42(1):60-2.
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Cryptococcosis: an emerging respiratory mycosis.
Huston SM, Mody CH. 
Clin Chest Med. 2009 Jun;30(2):253-64, vi.
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Cryptococcus neoformans as a cause of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
Kessler AT, Al Kharrat T, Kourtis AP.
J Infect Chemother. 2010 Jun;16(3):206-9
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Cryptococcal lung disease.
Shirley RM, Baddley JW.
 Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2009 Apr
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in non-AIDS patients.
Wu B, Liu H, Huang J, et al
Clin Invest Med. 2009 Feb 1;32(1):E70
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A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis followed by pleuritis in an apparently immunocompetent patient
during fluconazole treatment.
Izumikawa K, Zhao Y, Motoshima K, et al
 Med Mycol. 2008 Sep;46(6):595-9.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Jarvis JN, Harrison TS.  
Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Apr;29(2):141-50.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients: clinical relevance of serum
cryptococcal antigen.
Singh N, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jan 15;46(2)
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia: case report and
review of the literature.
Burnik C, Altintas ND, Ozkaya G, et al
Med Mycol. 2007 Aug;45(5):469-73.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis: comparison of clinical and radiographic characteristics in
immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Chang WC, Tzao C, Hsu HH, Lee SC, et a
Chest. 2006 Feb;129(2):333-40.
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Surgical treatment of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Wang T, Sun YE, Yu CH, Yang B, Sun K, Zhou ZH.
Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2005 Nov;43(22):1447-9.
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis really coexist in
immunocompromised host.
Lin CM, Tsai YH, Huang CC, et al
 J Infect. 2005  Nov 29;
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Cryptococcus albidus pneumonia: case report and
review of the literature.
Burnik C, Altintas ND, Ozkaya G, et al
Med Mycol. 2007 Aug;45(5):469-73.
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as endobronchial lesions in a patient under
corticosteroid treatment.
Inoue Y, Miyazaki Y, Izumikawa K, et al  
Intern Med. 2007;46(8):519-23
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Clinical and radiographic presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent
patients.
Yang CJ, Hwang JJ, Wang TH, et al
Scand J Infect Dis. 2006;38(9):788-93.
 Abstract
 
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary cryptococcosis really coexist in
immunocompromised host.
Lin CM, Tsai YH, Huang CC, et al
 J Infect. 2005  Nov 29;
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A case of secondary pulmonary cryptococcosis showing various radiographic
changes during its natural course without antifungal treatment
Noro R, Saito T, Suzuki J, et al.
Nihon Kokyuki Gakkai Zasshi 2002 Jun;40(6):489-93
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Visual System
     

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Discontinuation of highly active antiretroviral therapy leads to cryptococcal meningitis/
choroiditis in an AIDS patient.
Chronister CL. Optometry. 2006 Sep;77(9):438-45
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  Multifocal Choroiditis in Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans Infection.
Andreola C, Ribeiro MP, de Carli CR, et al
Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug;142(2):346-8.
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