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cryp·to·coc·co·sis

 (krĭp′tə-kŏ-kō′sĭs)
n.
A systemic infection caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans that can affect any organ of the body but most often occurs in the central nervous system.
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cryptococcosis

(ˌkrɪptəʊkɒˈkəʊsɪs)
n
a disease affecting both animals and humans caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
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cryp•to•coc•co•sis

(ˌkrɪp toʊ kɒˈkoʊ sɪs)

n.
a disease caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, characterized by lesions, esp. of the nervous system and lungs.
[1935–40; < New Latin; see cryptococcus, -osis]
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Noun1.cryptococcosis - a fungal infection characterized by nodular lesions--first in the lungs and spreading to the nervous system
fungal infection, mycosis - an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus
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cryp·to·coc·co·sis

n. criptococosis, infección que afecta distintos órganos del cuerpo, esp. el cerebro y sus meninges.
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Yen, "Primary adrenal insufficiency in isolated cryptococcosis of the adrenal gland: CT and MR imaging appearances," European Journal of Radiology Extra, vol.
Other causes than neoplastic lesion were ruled out, including cryptococcosis, toxoplasmosis, syphilis, or human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis due to cryptococcus neoformans var.
Death records were accessed when the ICD-10 code matched any of the following (or their subsections): aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, mucormycosis, pneumocystosis, sporotrichosis, zygomycosis, and unspecified mycosis.
The condition was diagnosed as oral cryptococcosis based on culture and therapeutically managed with Ketoconazole and topical application of Povidone iodine.
The topics include imaging the manifestation of pulmonary candidiasis, imaging findings of AIDS with pulmonary cryptococcosis, imaging features of penicillioisis marneffei, features of multiple microbial pulmonary infections, thoracic and abdominal imaging features of pediatric AIDS, and computer tomography diagnosis and differential diagnosis of mediastinal hilar lymphadenopathy.
At that time fluconazole administration was withdrawn and AMB was administered twice weekly as a subcutaneous infusion using a protocol developed to treat canine cryptococcosis [14].
Disfigurement and widespread MC has been considered a strong clinical marker in AIDS patient.9 The disseminated MC lesions should be differentiated from cryptococcosis, penicilliosis, histoplasmosis, verruca vulgaris, pneumocystosis and atypical mycobacterial infections.
[USPRwire, Sun Nov 08 2015] Global Markets Direct's, 'Cryptococcosis - Pipeline Review, H2 2015', provides an overview of the Cryptococcosis's therapeutic pipeline.
Here, we describe a case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent individual manifested as pleural effusion and meningitis.
The appearance of the lesions, along with the history, led to the following possible diagnoses: bacillary angiomatosis, cutaneous cryptococcosis, nodular Kaposi sarcoma or cutaneous histoplasmosis.