All issues > Volume 25(2); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(2):195-199. Published online February 28, 1982.

Two Cases of Cryptococcosis.

T K Yoon¹, J S Moon¹, D H Lee¹, S J Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Soon Chun Hyang College, School of Medicine Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We experienced two cases of cryptococcosis which were diagnosed by India-ink stain and culture of cerebrospinal fluid and biopsy with culture of skin lesion or lymph nodes. Both cases were confused with tuberculous meningitis or miliary tuberculosis because of irregular densities in hilum and scattered miliary sized nodules in chest X-ray, family history of pulmonary tuberculosis and clinical symptoms. We made a brief review of literature.

Keywords :Cryptococcus neoformans;Cryptococcosis;Meningitis