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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 24
| Issue : 2 | Page : 141-143 |
Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with Nephrotic syndrome
F Qadir, K Manzoor, E Ahmed
Department of Nephrology, The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, DOW, Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi - 74200, Pakistan
Correspondence Address:
F Qadir
Department of Nephrology, The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, DOW, Medical College and Civil Hospital, Karachi - 74200
Pakistan
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.25209 PMID: 16687870
Disseminated cryptococcosis mainly occurs in patients with impaired cell mediated immunity. We present a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a non-HIV patient with nephrotic syndrome who never received immunosuppression. Cultures of bone marrow aspirate, cerebrospinal fluid analysis and histology of skin lesions were all consistent with Cryptococcus neoformans infection. Treatment with amphotericin B followed by fluconazole was successful and in the course of two months when, the skin nodules disappeared.
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