![]() ![]() On admission, her heart rate was 89 beats/min, respiratory rate of 15 breaths/min, blood pressure of 115/80 mm Hg, temperature of 37.6☌, and her oxygen saturation was 98%. She also reported sporadic diffuse abdominal pain that occurred 1 month ago, rectal bleeding, and a painful ano-rectal mass, without fever or weight loss. Additionally, we performed a literature review of other cases of cryptococcosis that have involved the colon, either individually or as part of a disseminated disease, among non-HIV-infected patients.Ī 64-year-old woman with a history of high-grade medullary thyroid carcinoma and untreated asthma presented to the Arzobispo Loayza Hospital in Lima, Peru with a chief complaint of 5 months of intermittent chronic diarrhea. Herein, we report a case of isolated colonic cryptococcosis without disseminated disease in an immunocompetent patient without HIV infection. Despite this ability to infect any organ system, colonic cryptococcosis that spares other digestive organs is rare, especially among immunocompetent persons. can infect the central nervous system (CNS) and the pulmonary system however, it can spread to any organ system, especially among cases of severe immunosuppression. Although Cryptococcus neoformans causes more than 90% of cryptococcal infections, Cryptococcus gattii affects a greater proportion of immunocompetent individuals, and has a high prevalence in Latin America. Cryptococcosis is one of the leading causes of death among immunosuppressed individuals, especially among those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). are the causative agents of cryptococcosis, a fungal infection that occurs worldwide. ![]()
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