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Letters1 November 1990Prostatic Cryptococcal InfectionColeman King, MD, Richard Finley, MD, Stanley W. Chapman, MDColeman King, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Richard Finley, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Stanley W. Chapman, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-113-9-720_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors: Larsen and colleagues (1) reported on the persistence of Cryptococcus neoformans in the prostate after successful therapy for meningitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). They found that 9 of 41 patients had positive urine cultures for C. neoformans at the end of primary treatment and determined the prostate to be the source in 7 of 9 patients. We report a case of recurrent cryptococcosis from a prostatic source in a patient without AIDS.A 48-year-old man with a history of Hodgkin lymphoma in remission was hospitalized with severe headache and fever. Lumbar puncture revealed...
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