Cryptococcal Infection Following Steroid Therapy
Authors: ELLIOT GOLDSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Case Reports1 January 1962Cryptococcal Infection Following Steroid TherapyELLIOT GOLDSTEIN, M.D., OSCAR N. RAMBO, M.D.ELLIOT GOLDSTEIN, M.D., OSCAR N. RAMBO, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-56-1-114 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe development of infection secondary to prolonged steroid therapy is now recognized by many physicians. Although most of these infections are bacterial, fungal diseases have also been implicated. Literature on the subject reports increased susceptibility toAspergillus fumigatus(1, 2)Candida albicans(1, 2), andHistoplasma capsulatum(3, 4). Recently we observed a case of cryptococcosis in a patient who had been given long-term steroid therapy. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ELLIOT GOLDSTEIN, M.D.; OSCAR N. RAMBO, M.D.Affiliations: San Francisco, CaliforniaFrom the Department of Pathology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Oscar N. Rambo, M.D., University of California Medical School, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 22, California. 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