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Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in Apparently Immunocompetent Hosts: Host Susceptibility, Occult Immunodeficiency and Clinical Implications.
Mycoses - 1 Aug 2026
Ma Ran, Yang Xinyan
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) in apparently immunocompetent hosts-now the majority of non-HIV cases in Asia-cannot be explained by the traditional opportunistic infection paradigm. Three epidemiological observations point toward occult immune susceptibility: familial clustering documented in multiple case reports and small family studies despite shared environmental exposure, normal routine immunological...
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