What are the preventive measures for Cryptococcus capsularis polysaccharide accumulation

Cryptococcus causes mainly central nervous system, pulmonary and cutaneous lesions, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. Disseminated lesions can also occur in the ends of long bones, joints, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, testes, prostate, and other organs. Typically, affected tissues contain peptide-like yeast cysts, which are formed by the accumulation of polysaccharides in the cryptococcal cyst membrane, but have only mild or no acute inflammatory changes. In severe cases, sepsis may occur and spread to all organs of the body or even cause death. So what are the preventive measures for cryptococcal cysticercus polysaccharide accumulation? The following will be introduced for you. 1, careful use of antibiotics and corticosteroids: long-term application of a large number of broad-spectrum antibiotics can cause dysbiosis, long-term application of corticosteroids can inhibit the body’s immune function, can increase the chances of cryptococcal infection and dissemination. 2, early detection, early treatment: pay attention to the diseases that are easy to secondary cryptococcal infection, such as AIDS, malignant tumor, chronic wasting disease, connective tissue disease and organ transplantation. For such patients, should be highly alert to the possibility of cryptococcal infection. To the high suspicion of the disease and no conclusive evidence before, you can apply antifungal agent prophylaxis. 3, pay attention to health prevention: to prevent this fungal infection, should strengthen the management of bird and pigeon droppings, avoid contact with contaminated soil, prevent pigeon droppings from contaminating the air, avoid eating rotten and spoiled pears, peaches and other fruits.