We report a 36-year-old woman who slowly developed an ulceration on the left thigh 2 years
after transplantation for Budd-Chiari syndrome. At this time point, the patient was treated with …

Cutaneous cryptococcosis is usually a manifestation of disseminated disease, especially in
immunosuppressed patients. Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis has also been described in …

Data on post-graft cutaneous cryptococcosis (CC) are rare. The objective was to delineate
the epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic features of CC in organ transplant …

Discussion Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic infection caused by the encapsulated yeast C.
neoformans. 1 This organism is frequently isolated in patients with immunologic defects in T …

DISCUSSION The clinical features of cutaneous cryptococcosis are papules, nodules,
granulomas and ulcerations, occasionally resembling cellulitis, bullous erysipelas, or …

DISCUSSIoN Cryptococcal species are yeast-like fungi. Based on their virulence they are
classified as pathogenic or non-pathogenic. Classically, C. neoformans is the only …

A 31-year-old Caucasian office worker who had received a liver transplanted 1 year earlier
consulted for a painful ulcer located on the medial face of the right elbow (figure 1). Four …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic yeast with a worldwide distribution. Although
well recognized as a cause of cutaneous disease in immunocompromised patients, this …

Objective Cryptococcus is an opportunistic yeast with a worldwide distribution that primarily
causes significant infections in immunocompromised individuals, generally by affecting the …

1 Lemmer K, Naumann D, Raddatz B, Tintelnot K. Molecular typing of Cryptococcus
neoformans by PCR fingerprinting, in comparison to serotyping and Fourier transform …