Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Patient after COVID-19 Infection

Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Patient after COVID-19 Infection

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Cryptococcus neoformans is a saprophytic fungus that causes fatal disseminated infections in immunocompromised hosts.Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple cases of secondary viral, bacterial, and fungal infections have been reported in patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection.We describe here a case of severe cryptococcal meningitis that developed in a Silica previously healthy patient one week after treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection with dexamethasone.This case adds to the growing knowledge of emerging secondary infectious complications including opportunistic pathogens after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

While few reports allude to depressed T-cell function and Soap Dishes lymphopenia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, further studies are needed to evaluate the effects of this infection and its treatment on the immune system and its contribution to the emergence of secondary opportunistic infections.