Fatal fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly diabetic woman presenting with pleural effusion

Rodriguez-Leguizamon, Giovanni; Coque-Burgos, Eliana; Espitia-Castro, Omar; Firacative, Carolina

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Fatal fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly diabetic woman presenting with pleural effusion

https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/27728
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062034

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Rodriguez-Leguizamon, Giovanni

Coque-Burgos, Eliana

Espitia-Castro, Omar

Firacative, Carolina

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2020-05-29

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Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

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Abstract

This is a fatal case of fungaemia due to Cryptococcus albidus in an elderly woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus who presented pleural effusion as the only clinical presentation. Not only infections of the pleura are uncommon presentations of pulmonary cryptococcosis, but these infections due to non-C. neoformans species are extremely rare. This report places C. albidus on the growing number of disseminated mycosis-causing agents in diabetic patients.