Invasive Cryptococcus laurentii disease in a nine-year-old boy with X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Oct;24(10):935-7. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000180979.47410.45.

Abstract

We report a 9-year-old boy with X-linked hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome and invasive Cryptococcus laurentii infection identified on the basis of morphologic and biochemical characteristics and serologic tests. Fluconazole treatment resulted in complete recovery. We believe that C. laurentii should be included in the differential diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections in patients with primary T cell immunodeficiencies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Cryptococcosis / complications*
  • Cryptococcosis / drug therapy
  • Cryptococcosis / microbiology
  • Cryptococcus / classification
  • Cryptococcus / isolation & purification
  • Fluconazole / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypergammaglobulinemia / complications*
  • Immunoglobulin M*
  • Male

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Fluconazole