Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

Marina Andreou; Massimo Cogliati; Fevronia Kolonitsiou; Charalampos Stroumpos; Vasiliki Stamouli; Panagiota Ravazoula; Dimitrios Siagris; Helen Papadogeorgaki; Myrto Christofidou; Alexandra Lekkou

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002

Cryptococcus gattii infection in an immunocompetent host in Greece

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2019 Dec 3:27:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.002. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
³ Department of Microbiology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
⁵ Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.
⁶ Microbiology Laboratory, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece.

Abstract

We report a case of a 31-year-old otherwise healthy female with pulmonary cryptococcoma along with cryptococcal meningitis due to Cryptococcus gattii molecular type VGI, in Greece. Combined antifungal treatment and surgical excision of pulmonary cryptococcoma yielded a good response.

Keywords: Cryptococcal meningitis; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Greece; Pulmonary cryptococcoma.

Publication types

Case Reports