Pulmonary cryptococcosis: Report of the first confirmed autochthonous case in Nepal

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Sah, Ranjit;Jaiswal, Anand;Singla, Sonam;Prakash, Ashish Kumar;Mittal, Sandeep Kumar;Aggarwal, Ankit;Singh, Shubhank;Neupane, Samikshya;Sah, Sanjit;Sah, Ranjana;Neumayr, Andreas

Andreas Neumayr

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We report a case of cryptococcal pneumonia in a 53 years old female Nepali patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus type 2 who empirically received multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics and standard anti-tubercular treatment as well as glucocorticosteroids for suspected sarcoidosis before the diagnosis was finally established. To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed autochthonous case of cryptococcosis reported from Nepal.

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Acta Tropica

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Acta Tropica

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202

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1873-6254

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Elsevier

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10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105205