Article
Cryptococcosis caused by cryptococcus gattii: 2 case reports and literature review.
Medicine - 11 Dec 2020
Xue Xinying, Deng Hui, Zhao Longting, Zang Xuelei, Asuquo Idorenyin Polycarp, Meng Mingming, Ma Xidong, Qin Chong, Meng Yao, Wu Chongchong, Gao Jie, Pan Lei
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcosis caused by Cryptococcus gattii, is a life threatening fungal infection with recently increasing prevalence. C. gattii is a species complex comprising multiple independent species. However, many biological characteristics and clinical features of cryptococcosis due to C. gattii are relatively less well defined. In this paper, we identify two cases of C. gattii infection, and laboratory findings of...
Topics
- Administration, Intravenous
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Amphotericin B
- Antifungal Agents
- Asian People
- Central Nervous System Fungal Infections
- Cryptococcosis
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Flucytosine