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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Tuberculosis | Case report
An AIDS patient with urine retention
Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Issue 1/2019
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Background
Cryptococcal prostatitis is a rare clinical disease and has never been reported in China.
Case presentation
We report on a male HIV-infected patient with pulmonary and prostate cryptococcosis that was misdiagnosed (as tuberculosis) and delayed diagnosed. Although the patients accepted anti-fungal treatment and anti-retroviral treatment finally, the physician’s mistakes reflect the rarity of this condition in China.
Conclusion
Cryptococcal prostatitis is a rare disease that unusually presents in immunodeficient patients. Physicians should have a heightened awareness of this particular infection in the immunodeficient population.