Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3325044 | International Journal of Gerontology | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryCryptococcemia is a bloodstream fungal infection caused by encapsulated yeasts of Cryptococcus neoformans. We reported an 88-year-old woman in whom C. neoformans colonies of smooth and mucoid phenotypes were sequentially cultured from the blood during treatment of retroperitoneal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma using rituximab-containing chemotherapy. The most likely cause was disease progression of pulmonary cryptococcoma. She was successfully treated with optimal antifungal therapy.
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Authors
Ming-Wei Cheng, Alice Ying-Jung Wu, Chang-Pang Liu, Ken-Hong Lim, Shu-Ling Weng, Hsiang-Kuang Tseng,