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Disseminated Cryptococcus with ocular cryptococcoma in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient.

Kresch, Zvi A; Espinosa-Heidmann, Diego; Harper, Tiffany; Jamie Miller, G.

Int Ophthalmol ; 32(3): 281-4, 2012 Jun.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22441587

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A human immunodeficiency virus-negative 63-year-old male with autoimmune hemolytic anemia presented with decreased vision, photophobia and hearing loss. After initial testing seemed consistent with sarcoidosis, he was found to have disseminated Cryptococcus with a cryptococcoma of the left eye. Treatment with systemic anti-fungal therapy improved the patient's condition.

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Cryptococcosis/diagnosis , Cryptococcus/isolation & purification , Eye Infections, Fungal/diagnosis , HIV Seronegativity , Lung Diseases, Fungal/diagnosis , Meningitis, Fungal/diagnosis , Retinal Diseases/diagnosis , Amphotericin B/therapeutic use , Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune/complications , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Cryptococcosis/drug therapy , Cryptococcosis/microbiology , Drug Therapy, Combination , Eye Infections, Fungal/drug therapy , Eye Infections, Fungal/microbiology , Fluconazole/therapeutic use , Flucytosine/therapeutic use , Humans , Lung Diseases, Fungal/drug therapy , Lung Diseases, Fungal/microbiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Meningitis, Fungal/drug therapy , Meningitis, Fungal/microbiology , Middle Aged , Recurrence , Retinal Diseases/drug therapy , Retinal Diseases/microbiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Vitreous Body/microbiology

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