Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in
immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis describes an invasive lung mycosis caused by Cryptococcus
neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii complex. It is often a high-consequence disease in both …

Cryptococcosis is an invasive fungal infection (IFI), caused predominantly by Cryptococcus
neoformans or Cryptococcus gattii, that affects both immunocompromised (IC) and non-IC …

Inhalation of Cryptococcus into the respiratory system is the main route of acquisition of
human infection, yet pulmonary cryptococcosis goes mostly unrecognized by many …

Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) patients, also occurring in other immunosuppressed patients and occasionally those …

Background Pulmonary cryptococcosis typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, but
it can also occur in immunocompetent patients. Our objective was to describe the clinical …

Study objectives We compared the clinical characteristics and imaging findings between
immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients in whom pulmonary cryptococcosis …

Background Cryptococcus neoformans can cause serious systemic infections requiring
systemic antifungal therapy in immunocompromised hosts. However, isolated pulmonary …

PURPOSE: To evaluate retrospectively the computed tomographic (CT) findings in
immunocompetent patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS …

OBJECTIVE. The aim of our study was to review the CT findings of pulmonary
cryptococcosis in 12 immunocompetent patients. CONCLUSION. The CT manifestations of …