Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis treated with debridement and fluconazole monotherapy in an immunosuppressed patient: a case report and review of the literature

J Wang, L Bartelt, D Yu, A Joshi… - Case Reports in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic yeast present in the environment. Practitioners
are familiar with the presentation and management of the most common manifestation of …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic review of published reports on primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients

L Du, Y Yang, J Gu, J Chen, W Liao, Y Zhu - Mycopathologia, 2015 - Springer
Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis (PCC) has been confirmed as a distinct clinical entity with
secondary cutaneous cryptococcosis from systematic infection since 2003. Although it has …

Fatal primary cutaneous cryptococcosis: case report and review of published literature

Y Liu, H Qunpeng, X Shutian, X Honglang - Irish Journal of Medical …, 2016 - Springer
Objective Cryptococcus is an opportunistic yeast with a worldwide distribution that primarily
causes significant infections in immunocompromised individuals, generally by affecting the …

Cryptococcosis mimicking cutaneous cellulitis in a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a case report

C Probst, G Pongratz, S Capellino, RM Szeimies… - BMC Infectious …, 2010 - Springer
Background Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast and the most frequent
cryptococcal species found in humans. Cryptococcosis is considered an opportunistic …

Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis: the importance of early diagnosis

C Silva Souza, MH Takada, MV Ambiel… - Anais Brasileiros de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
The species of the Cryptococcus neoformans complex show different epidemiological
patterns in the infection of immunosuppressed or immunocompetent individuals, and a …

[HTML][HTML] Primary capsule‑deficient cutaneous cryptococcosis in a sporotrichoid pattern in an immunocompetent host

DB Herring - Cutis, 2015 - mdedge.com
Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic yeast infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans that
remains the most common systemic fungal infection in immunosuppressed patients and …

Cutaneous cryptococcus: marker for disseminated infection

GN Srivastava, R Tilak, J Yadav, M Bansal - Case Reports, 2015 - casereports.bmj.com
Cryptococcosis is an infection caused by the encapsulated yeast, Cryptococcus neoformans,
a dimorphic fungus recovered from pigeon excreta, soil, dust and human skin. After a …

Cryptococcosis

R Negroni - Clinics in dermatology, 2012 - Elsevier
Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection, caused by encapsulated yeast of the genus
Cryptococcus, C neoformans and C gattii. These environmental microorganisms live in …

Primay cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient

N Nasser, N Nasser Filho, AG Vieira - Anais Brasileiros de …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
The authors report a primary cutaneous cryptococcosis, caused by Cryptococcus
neoformans in immunocompetent patient, a farmer who developed extensive lesions at the …

Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy–a case report

NTC Huong, AMA Altibi, NM Hoa, LA Tuan… - BMC Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the encapsulated yeast
Cryptococcus neoformans and most remarkably manifests in HIV-infected individuals …