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.
2018
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Capsular antigen; Cryptococcemia; Cryptococcus neoformans; Diagnostic biomarkers; Sarcoidosis; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases
Settore MED/07 - MICROBIOLOGIA E MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA
Elsevier B.V.
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2018
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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]
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Posteraro, Patrizia; Vacca, Katia; Celi, Massimiliano; De Angelis, Giulia; Vella, Antonietta; Sanguinetti, Maurizio; Posteraro, Brunella
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