Gastrointestinal cryptococcoma – Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome or cryptococcal relapse in a patient with AIDS?

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dc.contributor.author Musubire, Abdu K.
dc.contributor.author Meya, David B.
dc.contributor.author Lukande, Robert
dc.contributor.author Kambugu, Andrew
dc.contributor.author Bohjanen, Paul R.
dc.contributor.author Boulware, David R.
dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-09T13:13:08Z
dc.date.available 2025-05-09T13:13:08Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description.abstract The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) may lead to unusual paradoxical and unmasking presentations of opportunistic infections. Intra-abdominal cryptococcosis is a rare manifestation of Cryptococcus. We present the case of an HIV-infected patient on ART, with a history of cryptococcal meningitis who presented with subacute, worsening abdominal pain during immune recovery. This evolved into chronic abdominal pain, with thickened bowel, and abdominal lymphadenopathy, while receiving empiric tuberculosis treatment. At 6-months, he developed intestinal perforation due to a histologically confirmed cryptococcoma. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Minnesota Medical Foundation, Robert and Mabel Bohjanen Immune Reconstitution Research Fund, Tibotec REACH Initiative, University of Minnesota Translational Research Grant, University of Minnesota Office of International Programs. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Musubire, A. K. (2015). Gastrointestinal cryptococcoma – immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome or cryptococcal relapse in a patient with AIDS? Medical Mycology Case Reports, 8(6), 40-43. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753915000147
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10570/14515
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Elsevier en_US
dc.subject Gastrointestinal cryptococcoma en_US
dc.subject Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome en_US
dc.subject Cryptococcal relapse en_US
dc.subject Antiretroviral therapy treatment en_US
dc.subject HIV-infected patient en_US
dc.subject Chronic abdominal pain en_US
dc.subject Thickened bowel en_US
dc.subject Abdominal lymphadenopathy en_US
dc.subject Tuberculosis treatment en_US
dc.title Gastrointestinal cryptococcoma – Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome or cryptococcal relapse in a patient with AIDS? en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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