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Coinfection of Aspergillus and Cryptococcus in Immunocompromised Host: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

Daniel W AwariAditya S ShahAmber M SextonMatthew A Sexton
Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2020)
Management of infections in the immunocompromised patient requires unique considerations that are not typically seen in the immunocompetent. Immunocompromised hosts require a broad set of differential diagnoses when presenting with febrile illness involving a wide variety of microbiology. Moreover, fungal infections are common, and cotreatment of fungal and bacterial infections occurs with regularity. Fungal coinfection, however, is rare. Here, we describe a patient with Aspergillus and recurrent Cryptococcus neoformans coinfection following completion of treatment for pulmonary cryptococcosis.
Keyphrases
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  • respiratory failure
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