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CANADIAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages E62-E63Publisher
PULSUS GROUP INC
DOI: 10.1155/2011/812345
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Coinfection; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Immunocompetent; Tuberculosis
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A case of Cryptococcus gattii (pulmonary and central nervous system) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (pulmonary) coinfection in an otherwise healthy young woman is reported. The patient presented with a two-month history of dry cough. She had an unremarkable medical history. Both tuberculosis and cryptococcosis were diagnosed following bronchoscopy, and a subsequent lumbar puncture revealed C gattii in the cerebrospinal fluid. There is evidence that both M tuberculosis and C gattii may have suppressive effects on the host immune system. This suggests a mechanism by which an otherwise healthy individual developed these two infections.
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