CRYPTOCOCCOSIS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS (TWO CLINICAL CASES AND LITERATURE REVIEW)
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by Cryptococcus spp. and occurring predominantly in patients with T-cell immunodeficiency. The main risk factors are AIDS, long-term use of glucocorticosteroids and immunosuppressants, organ and tissue transplantation, sarcoidosis, collagenoses and hemoblastoses (acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia). Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous cases of invasive fungal infections in patients after infection with SARS-CoV-2 have been described in the scientific literature. However, descriptions of cryptococcosis in COVID-19 patients are rare. We present two cases of cryptococcosis in COVID-19 patients, as well as a review of the literature.