Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental fungus that can frequently cause life-threatening meningitis and fungemia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients. In recent years, cases of these fungal infections are increasingly identified in HIV-negative patients especially in solid organ transplantation (SOT) patients. Cryptococcal fungemia can often clinically present as life-threatening disseminated disease from subclinical colonization. This is a factor that affects survival, especially in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and SOT recipients. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are important for the course of the disease. This report describes the cryptococcal fungemia that developed in an HIV-negative patient after SOT due to alcohol-related liver cirrhosis.
Keywords: Cryptococcus neoformans; Fungemia; Solid organ transplantation recipients.
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