Pleural cryptococcosis diagnosed by pleural biopsy in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to report an isolated pleural cryptococcosis with pleural effusion as the only manifestation, confirmed by pleural biopsy in a patient with thymoma combined with myasthenia gravis, who developed pleural effusion of unknown origin after long-term glucocorticoids and...

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Main Authors: Hongxia Jia, Hongping Liu, Meng Tu, Yan Wang, Xudong He, Guojun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1258021/full