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case_images: Timeline of hospitalization.. Figure depicts daily (D) timeline of hospitalization.. *Although blood cultures were obtained on D6 and D11, yeasts were not identified on Gram stain until 4 days later in both cases. The yeasts were then plated to Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (Emmons modification) and were eventually identified as C. neoformans via Thermo Scientific  RapID  Yeast Plus System (RapID) (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lenexa, Kansas, U.S.). C. neoformans was identified after the patient expired.
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case_images: He was considered not to be a candidate for remdesivir due to his CKD but was started on 6 mg of oral dexamethasone once daily (Figure 1).