Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as perforated appendicitis and initially misdiagnosed as histoplasmosis

Emma Kaplan-Lewis; Daniel Robins; Sara Welinsky; Mikyung Lee; Richard Mackay; Mabel Ko; Hongfa Zhu; Camille L.A. Hamula

doi:10.1097/IPC.0000000000000326

Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as perforated appendicitis and initially misdiagnosed as histoplasmosis

Emma Kaplan-Lewis, Daniel Robins, Sara Welinsky, Mikyung Lee, Richard Mackay, Mabel Ko, Hongfa Zhu, Camille L.A. Hamula

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Abstract

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. Appendicitis as the initial manifestation of cryptococcus infection is unreported in the literature. This case further illustrates the diagnostic challenge of histopathology to identify a common fungal pathogen in an atypical location.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-173
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Volume	24
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0000000000000326
State	Published - 1 May 2016

Keywords

HIV
acute appendicitis
disseminated cryptococcosis
fungal appendicitis

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