A Case of Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Skin Eruption in a Patient with Acute Leukemia

Disseminated cryptococcosis is a life-threatening infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and cutaneous dissemination occurs in 10?15% of patients. We report a case of a 49-y-old leukemic patient with disseminated cryptococcosis who presented with fever, headache, normal cerebrospinal fluid prof...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases 2001, Vol.33 (3), p.234-235
Main Author: Jee Hyun Kim, Dong-Hyeon Shin, Myoung-Don Oh, Seonyang Park, Byoung Kook Kim, Kang-Won Choe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology
Cryptococcosis - diagnosis
Cryptococcosis - pathology
Cryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans - isolation & purification
Dermatomycoses - diagnosis
Dermatomycoses - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Leukemia - complications
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Molluscum Contagiosum - diagnosis
Skin - microbiology
Tropical medicine
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Summary:Disseminated cryptococcosis is a life-threatening infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and cutaneous dissemination occurs in 10?15% of patients. We report a case of a 49-y-old leukemic patient with disseminated cryptococcosis who presented with fever, headache, normal cerebrospinal fluid profile and multiple skin lesions mimicking molluscum contagiosum.
ISSN:0036-5548
1651-1980
DOI:10.1080/00365540151061021