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Symptoms and Sign – Differential Diagnosis of Cryptococcosis
• Skin lesions confused with bacterial cellulitis or molluscum contagiosum
• Pulmonary involvement confused with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia when diffuse or confused with TB or bacterial pneumonia when focal or involving the pleura
• Intracranial mass lesion (neoplasms, toxoplasmosis, TB)
• Acute or subacute meningitis (caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Histoplasma capsulatum, viruses)
• Skin lesions confused with bacterial cellulitis or molluscum contagiosum
• Pulmonary involvement confused with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia when diffuse or confused with TB or bacterial pneumonia when focal or involving the pleura
• Intracranial mass lesion (neoplasms, toxoplasmosis, TB)
• Acute or subacute meningitis (caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Histoplasma capsulatum, viruses)
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