Systemic cryptococcosis in an immune-competent child

Crytococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that frequently affects immune-compromised patients, although increasingly being detected in the immune-competent host as well. We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a young child in whom no immune deficiency was yet identified. A 4-year-o...

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Main Authors: Arushi G. Saini, Sooraj Patil, Triptee Agrawal, Aseem Basha, Rashi Garg, Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy, Pankaj Vaidya, Akshay Saxena, Pratibha Singhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034117302496