AUTHOR=Wen Ying , Liang Chao-nan , Zhou Ying , Ma Hai-feng , Hou Gang TITLE=Endobronchial Valves for the Treatment of Bronchopleural Fistula and Pneumothorax Caused by Pulmonary Cryptococcosis in an AIDS Patient JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine VOLUME=7 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.00051 DOI=10.3389/fmed.2020.00051 ISSN=2296-858X ABSTRACT=
Cryptococcal disease is an opportunistic infection that occurs primarily among people with advanced HIV disease and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is rare in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC), but when it occurs, rapid and effective treatment is crucial to the prognosis, with mortality rates varying from 30 to 60%. SP is related to pneumonia mainly due to bacterial infections and pneumocystic