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Conditions›Infection›Opportunistic infections›Opportunistic infections in AIDS›Cryptococcus

Cryptococcus

Cryptococcus is a fungus that can cause infection in humans. Cryptococcus neoformans can cause meningitis, lung and skin infections more commonly in those with HIV. Cryptococcus gattii has caused infections in people with normal immune system in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela
Dr. Keegan Duchicelareviewed this
family medicine 16 years experience
Is a type of:Fungal infection, Opportunistic infections, Meningitis, Opportunistic infections in AIDS
How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common is it?

Very rare

Symptoms

Fever, mild (99.0 F - 100.9 F)
Mild fever
Vomiting
Cough
Loss of appetite
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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Cryptococcus
Amphotericin B
4.49 reviews
Amphotericin B lipid
49 reviews
Fluconazole
3.812 reviews
Flucytosine
3.79 reviews

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Cryptococcus

Diagnostic

Lumbar puncture

Other treatments

Supportive care

Tests

India ink preparation
Cryptococcus antigen

Risk factors

Personal

Recent travel
Contact with infected animals

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What does cryptococcus affect?
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What are the symptoms of cryptococcus?
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What is the definition or description of: Cryptococcus?
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Can a cryptococcus gattii infection in a human be asymptomatic for years?
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Could a cryptococcus gattii infection in a human be asymptomatic and last for years?
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Cryptococcus: a few q's: how hard is it to be diagnoses with this fungus? Would all blood tests be positive, or could a false positive be LIKELY?
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A 53-year-old male asked:
51 yom w/ hx of latent tb, and 2 yr hx chronic non-bloody, productive cough. neg cryptococcus, coccidioidies. no response to 3 wk LABA. what to do?
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