Cryptococcosis with tuberculosis: Overlooked coinfections

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.
Source: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research