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    Intra-cavitary Pulmonary Cryptococcoma in Poorly Controlled Diabetes Mellitus
    (Medical mycology case reports, 2020) Kalyango, Najibu; Kwizera, Richard; Baluku, Joseph B.; Bongomin, Felix
    A 59-year-old HIV-negative Ugandan man presented with a long-standing history of respiratory symptoms and was found to have an intra-cavitary pulmonary cryptococoma by chest imaging and sputum culture. The serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. The sputum Xpert® MTB RIF Ultra assay was negative. He was previously treated for cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient had poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c, 9.3%). The patient was successfully treated with oral fluconazole.