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Invasive multifocal cryptococcal airway disease in a teenager with hypogammaglobulina...
Michael-John Fay
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September 24, 2021
Cryptococcosis is an invasive, opportunistic, fungal infection that predominantly effects the respiratory tract and central nervous system in immunocompromised patients. It is classically associated with defects in cellular immunity such as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Here we describe a case of life-threatening laryngitis, endobronchitis and pneumonia due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a teenager with hypogammaglobulinaemia. To the best of our knowledge, no previous cases of laryngeal cryptococcosis have been reported in the paediatric population.