Cryptococcal retropharyngeal abscess

Rituparna Das; Kenneth L Muldrew; William E Posligua; John M Boyce

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.08.003

Cryptococcal retropharyngeal abscess

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2010 Sep;8(5):322-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.08.003.

Authors

Rituparna Das¹, Kenneth L Muldrew, William E Posligua, John M Boyce

Affiliation

¹ Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, 333 Cedar Street PO Box 208022, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Rita.Das@yale.edu

PMID: 20971444
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.08.003

Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes a variety of diseases in immunosuppressed patients. We describe a patient with sarcoidosis and odynophagia admitted with a large retropharyngeal abscess. Aspiration showed budding yeast and culture identified C. neoformans, confirmed by D2 large subunit rRNA gene sequencing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Combined Modality Therapy
Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
Cryptococcosis / therapy
Cryptococcus neoformans / growth & development
Cryptococcus neoformans / isolation & purification*
Debridement
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retropharyngeal Abscess / diagnosis*
Retropharyngeal Abscess / microbiology*
Retropharyngeal Abscess / therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antifungal Agents