Zeitschrift für klinische Fallberichte

Cryptococcus in the Urine: We may not See it But it is Frequently there.

Abstract

Jose Antonio Tesser Polonia*, Liane N. Rotta, and Alessandro C Pasqualottoa

A 57-year-old man kidney transplant recipient was admitted to the hospital for severe headache and respiratory symptoms. During routine urinalysis, yeasts were seen in the urine sediment and these were regarded as probable Candida species. Since the laboratory was informed by the attending clinician that the patient was immunosuppressed, urine was stained with China ink and revealed the presence of budding yeast-like capsular organisms, consistent with Cryptococcus sp.