Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3419498 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Cryptococcal infection is generally associated with immunosuppression. We suggest that sarcoidosis, although non symptomatic, may be a condition that promote the onset of cryptococcal infection. Even rare, cryptococcal infection is the most frequent opportunistic infection recorded with sarcoidosis patients. Histologic similarities between sarcoidosis and cryptococcal infection and the role of the macrophages which phagocyte the Cryptococcus neoformans are one of the hypothesis to assess these pathologic findings. A register is warranted to recover all opportunistic infection related to sarcoidosis in order to better understand the pathogeny.
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Authors
G. Peret, A. Picard, O. Corneloup, H. Begueret, C. Raherison-Semjen,