Cryptococcosis may be a life-threatening complication of sarcoidosis. We describe a case of cryptococcemia that rapidly progressed toward fatality without apparent other sites of infection. We discuss on the importance of serum cryptococcal polysaccharide antigen testing for identifying at-risk patients who might benefit from timely diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis.
Posteraro, P., Vacca, K., Celi, M., De Angelis, G., Vella, A., Sanguinetti, M., Posteraro, B., Fatal fulminant cryptococcemia complicating sarcoidosis: Is it to be expected?, <<MEDICAL MYCOLOGY CASE REPORTS>>, 2018; 22 (22): 42-44. [doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.08.006] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/125263]
Fatal fulminant cryptococcemia complicating sarcoidosis: Is it to be expected?
De Angelis, Giulia;Vella, Antonietta;Sanguinetti, Maurizio;Posteraro, Brunella
2018
Abstract
Cryptococcosis may be a life-threatening complication of sarcoidosis. We describe a case of cryptococcemia that rapidly progressed toward fatality without apparent other sites of infection. We discuss on the importance of serum cryptococcal polysaccharide antigen testing for identifying at-risk patients who might benefit from timely diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis.
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