Cryptococcosis with Tuberculosis
C Suresh, Marilyn Mary Ninan, Anand Zachariah, Joy S Michael
Abstract
Tuberculosis and cryptococcosis are important opportunistic pathogens causing significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised individuals. Concurrent infections of these two agents are rarely reported. We report five cases of culture-proven coinfection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Cryptococcus neoformans during inpatient admission at a tertiary care hospital in southern India between 2007 and 2019. Four patients were persons living with HIV infection and one was on immune suppression for chronic renal disease. Maintaining a high degree of clinical suspicion will ensure early diagnosis and appropriate management of coinfections in the immunocompromised individual.
Topics & Concepts
CoinfectionCryptococcosisTuberculosisCryptococcus neoformansMedicineIntensive care medicineAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsDiseaseOpportunistic infectionMycobacterium tuberculosisHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)CryptococcusImmunologyInternal medicineSidaPathologyBiologyMicrobiologyViral diseaseFungal Infections and StudiesAntifungal resistance and susceptibilityMycobacterium research and diagnosis