Unusual Presentation of Severe Endobronchial Obstruction Caused by Cryptococcus gattii in a Child.
Huynh J., Saddi V., Cooper P., Cheng AT., Meyer W., Chen S., Isaacs D.
Disease caused by Cryptococcus gattii typically manifests as meningoencephalitis or pulmonary nodules. Endobronchial lesions are rare, and most cases are caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. We describe here a case of endobronchial disease in a child caused by C gattii. The disease spectrum in this patient was notable for the discovery of anti-granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor autoantibodies.