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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec 19;9(2):853-855.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3668. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Cryptococcemia in a patient with COVID-19: A case report

Mohamad Y Khatib  1 , Amna A Ahmed  1 , Said B Shaat  2 , Ahmed S Mohamed  1 , Abdulqadir J Nashwan  1   3
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Cryptococcemia in a patient with COVID-19: A case report

Mohamad Y Khatib et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

The authors urge clinicians to balance the use of Immunosuppressant drugs and tocilizumab for COVID-19 patients to avoid the development of infections like Cryptococcemia, leading to death within 30 days.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Cryptococcus neoformans; corticosteroids; cryptococcemia; tocilizumab.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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