Abstract
Gastrointestinal involvement is an uncommon manifestation of cryptococcosis and, consequently, there are very few reports that have described symptomatic duodenal involvement. We present three cases of Cryptococcus-associated duodenitis in HIV-positive patients and review the literature.
Acknowledgements
Jorge Alave was supported for the Perú ICOHRTA Network for AIDS/TB Research Training Grant (NIH Grant 1U2RTW007368-01A1- Fogarty International Center).
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
This paper was first published online on Early Online on 4 March 2011.