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Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent boy
Siegfried Bauer, Ji Eun Kim, Kyong Suk La, Young Yoo, Kee Hyoung Lee, Sang Hee Park, Ji Tae Choung, Chul Whan Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(11):971-974.   Published online November 30, 2010

Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis was established as...

A Case of Diseeminated Cryptococcosis.
Jong Cheol Ryu, Hyun Mo Cheong, Jun Taek Park, Jung Sik Min, Chang Hee Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(9):1014-1020.   Published online September 30, 1986
Cryptococcosis is a subacute or chronic mycotic infection caused by cryptococcus neoformans. The authors experienced one case of disseminated cryptococcosis on autopsy involving central nervous system, lung, liver, kidney, skin and vertebral body in 18month old male patient whose chief complaints were cough, fever and dyspnea. The patient had not been respond to antituberculous therapy for three weeks with impression...
A Case of Cryptococcosis with Advanced Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Hi Ju Park, Yong Joon Kim, Sang Kun Jung, Chan Yung Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(1):95-100.   Published online January 31, 1986
This is a case of cryptococcosis accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis and malnutrition. The 11-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of dyspnea, ascites and oliguria. Cervical lymph node biopsy and chest X-ray were checked, which were revealed tuberculous lesions. She was treated with amphotericin-B for 10 weeks, but didn*t complete remission at present.
Original Article
Clinical Study on Cryptococcosis in Children.
Young Min Ahn, Hyung Ro Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1983;26(4):315-327.   Published online April 30, 1983
The clinical aspects of childhood cryptococcosis were studied from ten patients admitted to the Pediatric ward of Seoul National University Hospital from January 1976 to December 1981 together with twenty-seven cases of childhood cryptococcosis reported in the Korean literatures. The following results were obtained. 1) The age was distributed between 1 4/12 and 13 5/12 years and males to females ratio was 1.3...
Case Report
A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Skin Lesion and Miliary Shadows of the Lung.
Chan Ho Bang, Sang Keun Chi, In Ho Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Ill Hyang Ko
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(4):399-403.   Published online April 30, 1982
A Case of disseminated cryptococcosis in a 5-year old girl is reported. Although twenty four pediatric cases of cryptococcosis were reported in Korea for the past 15years, this case's clinical picture is interesting and make diagnostic difficulties from miliary tuberculosis. She was transferred from a local clinic under the impression of miliary tuberculosis with chest X-ray showing miliary shadows. Mantoux...
Two Cases of Cryptococcosis.
T K Yoon, J S Moon, D H Lee, S J Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(2):195-199.   Published online February 28, 1982
We experienced two cases of cryptococcosis which were diagnosed by India-ink stain and culture of cerebrospinal fluid and biopsy with culture of skin lesion or lymph nodes. Both cases were confused with tuberculous meningitis or miliary tuberculosis because of irregular densities in hilum and scattered miliary sized nodules in chest X-ray, family history of pulmonary tuberculosis and clinical symptoms. We...
A Case of Cryptococcosis with Cutaneous Manifestation.
Jae Phil Kim, Hyun Ju Oh, Hyung Suk Byun, Kyung Ryong Huh, Chull Sohn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(8):777-781.   Published online August 15, 1981
We experienced a case of cryptococcosis in a 13-year-old female who had been admitted to our hospital because of intermittent high fever and generalized lymphadenopathy accompanied by multiple nodular eruptions with erosions on the face, scalp, neck and back. The patient was treated under the impression of tuberculous lymphadenitis without any improvement. A surgical biopsy of the lymph node and...
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