An unusual case of reactivated latent pulmonary cryptococcal infection in a patient after short‐term steroid and azathioprine therapy: a case report

Table 1 Summary of previous reports of hospital acquired pulmonary cryptococcal neoformans infection cases

Patient no.	Age, year/sex	No. of days from admission to confirmed cryptococcosis	Underlying condition	Previous immunosuppressant use	Samples that had Cryptococcus growth	Outcome	References
1	73/female	41	Diabetes mellitus and hypertension	Steroid and azathioprine	Lung	Survived	Present case
2	82/male	4	Coronary artery disease and emphysema	Steroid	Lung	Death	[12]
3	63/male	58	Coronary artery disease and chronic obstructive disease	None	Blood, lung	Death	[11]
4	80/male	44	Lung cancer	Unknown	Lung	Death	[6]

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