A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom

Isabel Rodriguez-Goncer; Felix Bongomin; Helen M. Doran; Lily Novak-Frazer; Rikesh Masania; Caroline B. Moore; Malcolm D. Richardson

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Sep 2018)

A case of pulmonary cryptococcoma due to Cryptococcus gattii in the United Kingdom

Isabel Rodriguez-Goncer,
Felix Bongomin,
Helen M. Doran,
Lily Novak-Frazer,
Rikesh Masania,
Caroline B. Moore,
Malcolm D. Richardson

Affiliations

Isabel Rodriguez-Goncer: Department of Infectious Diseases, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK; Corresponding author.
Felix Bongomin: Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections, Rue de l’Ancien-Port 14, 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland
Helen M. Doran: Department of Pathology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK
Lily Novak-Frazer: Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Mycology Reference Centre, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK
Rikesh Masania: Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Mycology Reference Centre, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK
Caroline B. Moore: Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Mycology Reference Centre, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK
Malcolm D. Richardson: Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; Mycology Reference Centre, ECMM Excellence Centre of Medical Mycology, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M23 9LT, UK

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21
pp. 23 – 25

Abstract

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We report a case of Cryptococcus gattii infection in the UK in a 76-year-old woman on biologic therapy for intra-abdominal non-Hodgkin lymphoma. An incidental nodular lung lesion was found on a chest imaging and histology, culture and molecular mycology studies of the lobectomy specimen revealed the presence of C. gattii. Keywords: Cryptococcus gattii, Biological therapy, United Kingdom

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
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