DR RIA MASLOG
MEDICAL INSIDER
JUNE 18, 2O23
Cryptococcosis
This disease is due to a sub-acute or chronic infection
of Cryptococcus neoformans or Torula histolytica
which has a predilection for the central
nervous system.
This is more common among patients with diseases
of the reticuloendothelial system or leukemia being
treated with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive
therapy.
Clinically, the following symptoms are manifested:
- headache
- stiffness of the neck
- occasional vomiting
- low grade fever
- and in advanced cases, there will be increased in
intracranial pressure then coma follows
Patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis may have
symptoms that resemble any infiltrative disease of the
lungs. Furthermore, the disease may also manifest as
cutaneous lesions that appear as acneiform papules
and ulcerations of the face and extremities and bone
and joint abscesses.