Not All It's CrAged Up to Be: Disseminated Cryptococcosis

Am J Med. 2018 Dec;131(12):1452-1455. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.07.015. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Authors

Jessica Haraga¹, Melissa LeBlanc², Joseph Chiovaro³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland. Electronic address: haraga@ohsu.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland.
³ Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; Department of Medicine, Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oregon.

PMID: 30075106
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.07.015

No abstract available

Keywords: Cognitive bias; Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcus; Cryptococcus testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Antigens, Fungal
Bias
Flucytosine / administration & dosage
Flucytosine / therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy
Meningitis, Cryptococcal / pathology*
Middle Aged

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Antigens, Fungal
liposomal amphotericin B
Amphotericin B
Flucytosine