A case and literature review of bloodstream infection caused by Cryptococcus humicola
REN Yanmei
YU Yan
ZHONG Mengxia
Abstract：The patient,82-year-old male,was hospitalized with repeated cough,poor appetite,fatigue and emer-gency"respiratory failure".After admission,whole blood culture result shows fungal growth.The patient was identified as Cryptococcus humicola infection by the VITEK MS of automatic microbial monitoring system.The patient received anti-fungal treatment such as fluconazole 200 mg/d for two weeks but ultimately died.Combined with this case,the stream in-fection cases caused by Cryptococcus humicola at home and abroad were summarized and analyzed,so as to improve the judgment ability of clinical medical workers to rare fungal diseases and pay attention to them.
Keywords：Cryptococcus humicolainfectionmeningitislaboratory examination
Publication Date：2025-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-11-19(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 527-529 )