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In this study, we examined the clinical and radiological features that increase the diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary cryptococcosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This retrospective study included clinical data from 68 patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis from 2012 to 2016 in 3 tertiary hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among the 68 patients, 39 (57.35%) had no complications, 39 (57.35%) had clinical symptoms, 6 (8.82%) had a history of occupational exposure, 27 (39.71%) had a single nodule\/mass (the most common type of pulmonary cryptococcosis) on chest computed tomography images, 21 (30.88%) had multiple nodules\/masses, 16 (23.53%) had ground glass opacity with or without nodules, 2 (2.94%) had miliary nodules, and 2 (2.94%) had enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Fifty-three (77.94%) patients had lesions with irregular margins, 33 (48.53%) had spiculated lesions, 32 (47.06%) had air bronchograms, 9 (13.24%) had cavities, and 4 (5.88%) had calcifications. Twenty-four patients underwent surgery, 35 received antifungal treatment, and 9 received both treatments.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The clinical features and computed tomography signs found in this study are not specific for a diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis. Therefore, an increased awareness of pulmonary cryptococcosis is needed among clinicians.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060518769541","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,31]],"date-time":"2018-05-31T01:31:26Z","timestamp":1527730286000},"page":"2687-2695","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":30,"title":["Clinical features and radiological characteristics of pulmonary cryptococcosis"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Hui","family":"Deng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dongxu","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Qiqihar Medical College, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lei","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinying","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/QAD.0b013e328322ffac"},{"key":"bibr2-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/scitranslmed.3004404"},{"key":"bibr3-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0035-1562895"},{"key":"bibr4-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2147\/IDR.S57686"},{"key":"bibr5-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijmm.2015.08.023"},{"key":"bibr6-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1590\/0037-8682-0025-2013"},{"key":"bibr7-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0060431"},{"key":"bibr8-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0284185114529105"},{"key":"bibr9-0300060518769541","first-page":"3114","volume":"8","author":"Xie X","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int J Clin Exp Med"},{"key":"bibr10-0300060518769541","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.2008-740ST"}],"container-title":["Journal of International Medical Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0300060518769541","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/0300060518769541","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/0300060518769541","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,29]],"date-time":"2026-04-29T10:48:53Z","timestamp":1777459733000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0300060518769541"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,30]]},"references-count":10,"journal-issue":{"issue":"7","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/0300060518769541"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0300060518769541","relation":{},"ISSN":["0300-0605","1473-2300"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0300-0605","type":"print"},{"value":"1473-2300","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,30]]}}}