1Department of Microbiology, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, U.P, India
2Department of Microbiology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India
3Sri Ramchandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
4Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India
5Department of Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, U.P, India
*Corresponding author: Vineeta Khare, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Barabanki, U.P, India, Email ID: vinitakhare@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 November, 2013.
Incidence of cryptococcal infection is high in developing countries such as India. Cryptococcal meningitis is the most common, life-threatening, opportunistic, fungal disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. Pulmonary, intestinal, bone marrow, and retinal involvement have also been described. There are very few reports of cryptococcal lymph node involvement. We report here a case of generalized lymphadenopathy by Cryptococcus neoformans in 37 years old male diagnosed by biopsy and culture of the involved lymph nodes.
Biopsy, Cryptococcosis, Culture, Lymphadenopathy
