Cryptococcal prostatitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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2000-10-24
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Cryptococcosis is a systemic mycosis usually affecting patients of immunodeficiency i.e. transplants recipients, patients on chemotherapy for neoplastic diseases and in those suffering from human immunodeficiency virus infection. We report a 52-year old male suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) on chemotherapy who presented with fever and features of prostatism. Cryptococcus neoformans infection (CN) was diagnosed on aspiration of a prostatic nodule. Subsequent investigations revealed a disseminated involvement by cryptococcus. The case represents an unusual presentation of disseminated cryptococcosis.
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Sharma N, Varma S, Varma N, Kumari S, Chakraborty A. Cryptococcal prostatitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2000 Oct; 48(10): 1015-6
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