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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0028-3746</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Neumología y cirugía de tórax]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Neumol. cir. torax]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0028-3746</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas; Sociedad Cubana de Neumología; Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumología; Sociedad Boliviana de Neumología.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0028-37462023000300187</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/116818</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Criptococosis diseminada en un paciente inmunocompetente: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cano-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Néstor Emmanuel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cárcamo-Urízar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>82</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>187</fpage>
<lpage>189</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000300187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000300187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0028-37462023000300187&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La criptococosis es una enfermedad que se produce por la infección de levaduras encapsuladas de las especies Cryptococcus sp., principalmente C. neoformans y con menor frecuencia C. gattii; se considera una infección oportunista debido a su mayor afección en pacientes con factores de riesgo. La transmisión ocurre principalmente por medio de las esporas o células desecadas del hongo que se encuentran presentes en el ambiente y penetran por vía respiratoria al interior del organismo; rara vez se produce por inoculación accidental o por la penetración a través de heridas o lesiones. Reportamos el caso de un varón de 52 años, sin inmunocompromiso conocido (virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana, diabetes mellitus tipo 2, cáncer o trasplante) con criptococosis diseminada; con cuadro clínico de dos años de evolución con tos y expectoración, hemoptoicos, pérdida ponderal, cefalea y pérdida del estado de alerta. Se hospitalizó para estudios de extensión concluyendo en criptococosis diseminada.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Cryptococcosis is a disease that is caused by the infection of encapsulated yeasts of the species Cryptococcus sp., mainly C. neoformans and less frequently C. gattii; it is considered an opportunistic infection due to its greater impact on patients with risk factors. Transmission occurs mainly through spores or dried cells of the fungus, which are present in the environment and penetrate through the respiratory route into the body. It rarely occurs through accidental inoculation or penetration through wounds or lesions. We report the case of a 52-year-old man, without known immunocompromise (human immunodeficiency virus, type 2 diabetes, cancer or transplant) with disseminated cryptococcosis; with clinical symptoms of 2 years of evolution with cough and expectoration, hemoptysis, weight loss, headache and loss of alertness; he was hospitalized for extension studies concluding in disseminated cryptococcosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[criptococosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[criptococosis diseminada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cryptococcus gattii]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inmunocompetente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cryptococcosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[disseminated cryptococcosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cryptococcus gattii]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[immunocompetent]]></kwd>
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