Abstract
Cryptococcal infection primarily involves the lung and is hematogenously spread to other organs. Sometimes it might affect the genitourinary tract, and rare cases have been reported involving the prostate without systemic infection. We report a case of granulomatous prostatitis as a result of Cryptococcus neoformans yeast in an immunocompromised patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, which was diagnosed by transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy and treated with antifungal medication.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Biopsy
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Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
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Cryptococcosis / drug therapy
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Cryptococcosis / surgery
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Cryptococcus neoformans / drug effects
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Cryptococcus neoformans / physiology*
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Fluconazole / therapeutic use
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Granuloma / diagnosis*
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Granuloma / drug therapy
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Granuloma / surgery
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Humans
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Male
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Necrosis
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Prostatitis / diagnosis*
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Prostatitis / drug therapy
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Prostatitis / surgery
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Rectum / diagnostic imaging
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Rectum / surgery*
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Ultrasonography
Substances
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Antifungal Agents
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Fluconazole