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. 2018 Nov 28;11:2483–2490. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S178391

Table 4.

Data of the six cases with negative serum CrAg test

Age (years) Sex Underlying diseasea Symptomb Imaging
Histopathology Culture Day of culture
Size (mm) Location

63 M No Dry cough Nodule, enlargement of mediastinal lymph node 15×13 Multiple Chronic inflammation Cryptococcus neoformans 6
42 M Hypertension No Nodule 11×9 Single Granuloma N/A N/A
43 F Post-thyroid cancer surgery No Nodule 15×10 Single Granuloma Negative N/A
18 M No Chest pain Nodule 18×22 Single Chronic inflammation C. neoformans 6
57 F No No Consolidation, enlargement of mediastinal lymph node 16×23 Single Chronic inflammation C. neoformans 11
50 M B-type hepatitis No Nodule 11×7 Single Chronic inflammation C. neoformans 15

Notes:

a

“No” indicates no underlying disease.

b

“No” indicates abnormal CT findings after routine physical examination.

Abbreviations: CrAg, cryptococcal capsular polysaccharide antigen; CT, computed tomography; F, female; M, male; N/A, not available.