non-neoformans pulmonary cryptococcosis due to cryptococcus laurentii in a positive sars-cov-2 patient

Non-neoformans cryptococcus species were formerly considered to be saprophytes and nonpathogenic to humans [1-2]. however, the incidence of cryptococcus laurentii infections in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients has been gradually increasing over the last decades [1-2]. during the covid-19 pandemic, multiple cases of opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections have been reported in patients after a severe sars-cov-2 infection. the author reports the first case of opportunistic pulmonary cryptococcosis caused by cryptococcus laurentii in a severely ill covid-19 patient who received treatment with tocilizumab and dexamethasone. this case contributes to the expanding knowledge of emergent secondary infectious complications including opportunistic pathogens after a sars-cov-2 infection.