Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient

Manjula Purushotham; C. S. B. R. Chinaiah; Harendra Kumar Lingaiha

doi:10.4103/2278-0513.156853

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Year: 2015 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 3 | Page: 365-367 View issue

Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient

Manjula Purushotham , C. S. B. R. Chinaiah , Harendra Kumar Lingaiha

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by yeast like encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Isolated primary pulmonary infection in an immunocompetent person is rare. We present a case, which was mistaken as carcinoma of lung and patient underwent pnemonectomy.

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Purushotham M, Chinaiah CSBR, Lingaiha HK. Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2015;4(3):365-7. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.156853

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Purushotham, M., Chinaiah, C. S. B. R., & Lingaiha, H. K. (2015). Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 4(3), 365-367. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.156853

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