Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast responsible for disseminated meningitis
in immunocompromised hosts. Controversies persist on the existence of primary cutaneous …

Epidemiological studies emphasize the wide distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans in
nature. The disease process begins with inhalation of infected dust. There are wide …

• Five patients with disseminated cryptococcosis had lesions on the extremities resembling
cellulitis, which evolved into areas of blistering and ulceration in three patients. All had …

Three immunocompromised patients presented with cellulitis as the primary manifestation of
cryptococcal disease. Two were recipients of cadaveric renal transplants who were …

The authors and publishers are to be congratulated on this timely and handsomely-
produced book on fungus diseases of man. In Part 1 (pp. 1-361) mycotic diseases and their …

In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the
period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete's foot …

In four cases of disseminated cryptococcosis with central nervous system (CNS)
involvement, cryptococcal cutaneous lesions developed two to eight months before the …

A diabetic renal transplant recipient with cellulitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans,
serotype A, is described. The diagnosis was based on the demonstration of capsulated …

There is increasing evidence of occurrence of a subclinical pulmonary form of North
American blastomycosis, resembling the benign pulmonary form of coccidioidomycosis and …

A case of cutaneous Cryptococcus neoformans infection of the scalp of a 44-yr.-old man is
reported from Dept Derm., Addenbrooke's Hosp., Cambridge. The abscess healed after …