Systemic cryptococcosis in an immune-competent child

• Main Authors: Arushi G. Saini (Author), Sooraj Patil (Author), Triptee Agrawal (Author), Aseem Basha (Author), Rashi Garg (Author), Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy (Author), Pankaj Vaidya (Author), Akshay Saxena (Author), Pratibha Singhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Crytococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast that frequently affects immune-compromised patients, although increasingly being detected in the immune-competent host as well. We report a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a young child in whom no immune deficiency was yet identified. A 4-year-o...