Widely Disseminated Cryptococcosis Manifesting in a Previously Undiagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Positive 18-Year-Old

12 October 2020: Articles

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual setting of medical care

John Howard ^A , Thomas Z. Thompson ^A , Rodger D. MacArthur ^D , Amyn M. Rojiani ^A , Joseph White ^A*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.924410

Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e924410

Table 1. The most common symptoms present in patients with acute retroviral syndrome (adapted from Braun et al. [3]).

Neurological	Gastro-intestinal	Constitutional	Skin and Mucosal
1. Headache	1. Diarrhea	1. Fever/malaise	1. Rash
2. Severe neurological symptoms	2. Nausea	2. Weight loss	2. Pharyngitis
	3. Vomiting	3. Arthralgia	3. Genital ulcers
	4. Oral ulcers	4. Myalgia	4. Oral ulcers
		5. Night Sweats
		6. Cough
		7. Lymphadenopathy