Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

Najibu Kalyango; Richard Kwizera; Joseph B. Baluku; Felix Bongomin

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococcoma in poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

Najibu Kalyango,
Richard Kwizera,
Joseph B. Baluku,
Felix Bongomin

Affiliations

Najibu Kalyango: Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, P.o.Box, 7072, Uganda
Richard Kwizera: Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, P.o.Box, 7072, Uganda; Corresponding author.
Joseph B. Baluku: Department of Pulmonology, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, P.o.Box, 7051, Uganda
Felix Bongomin: Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, P.o.Box, 7072, Uganda; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, P.o.Box 166, Uganda; Corresponding author. Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, P.o.Box, 7072, Uganda.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28
pp. 1 – 3

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A 59-year-old HIV-negative Ugandan man presented with a long-standing history of respiratory symptoms and was found to have an intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococoma by chest imaging and sputum culture. The serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. The sputum Xpert® MTB RIF Ultra assay was negative. He was previously treated for cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient had poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c, 9.3%). The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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