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Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib.

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Messina, JA; Maziarz, EK; Spec, A; Kontoyiannis, DP; Perfect, JR
Published in: Open Forum Infect Dis
2017

We report 2 cases of disseminated cryptococcosis with central nervous system involvement in patients with chronic lymphoid malignancies occurring within 1 month of starting on ibrutinib. Characteristically, in both cases, no inflammation was seen in the cerebrospinal fluid. Central nervous system mycoses should be considered as a potential complication of ibrutinib.

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Open Forum Infect Dis

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2328-8957

Publication Date

2017

Volume

4

Issue

1

Start / End Page

ofw261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Messina, J. A., Maziarz, E. K., Spec, A., Kontoyiannis, D. P., & Perfect, J. R. (2017). Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib. Open Forum Infect Dis, 4(1), ofw261. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw261
Messina, Julia A., Eileen K. Maziarz, Andrej Spec, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, and John R. Perfect. “Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib.Open Forum Infect Dis 4, no. 1 (2017): ofw261. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw261.
Messina JA, Maziarz EK, Spec A, Kontoyiannis DP, Perfect JR. Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4(1):ofw261.
Messina, Julia A., et al. “Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib.Open Forum Infect Dis, vol. 4, no. 1, 2017, p. ofw261. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ofid/ofw261.
Messina JA, Maziarz EK, Spec A, Kontoyiannis DP, Perfect JR. Disseminated Cryptococcosis With Brain Involvement in Patients With Chronic Lymphoid Malignancies on Ibrutinib. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4(1):ofw261.
Journal cover image

Published In

Open Forum Infect Dis

DOI

ISSN

2328-8957

Publication Date

2017

Volume

4

Issue

1

Start / End Page

ofw261

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences