Background: Cryptococcal infections occur in 6% to 13% of patients with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), most commonly infecting the central nervous system …

Three cases of disseminated cryptococcosis with skin lesions are reported in intravenous
drug users (30-, 25-and 29-yr-old) who tested positive for HIV. In all cases, Cryptococcus …

A review of the literature suggests some differences in the cutaneous manifestations of
cryptococcosis present in patients in the pre—acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) …

Patients infected with HIV are susceptible to many opportunistic fungal infections.
Cryptococcus neoformans infection is particularly common in patients with AIDS. We …

A case is reported in a 30-yr-old man with AIDS who presented with a purple, hard nodule
on the right fifth finger. During the next 2 wks, the patient had 2 other types of lesions that …

The authors report the case-history of a 55-year-old Haitian man with AIDS who had both
pulmonary and cutaneous involvement with Cryptococcus neoformans; the latter lesions …

A 31-year-old homosexual man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had
cutaneous herpetiform lesions that showed numerous encapsulated organisms on Tzanck …

A hemophiliac man who tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus presented
with facial lesions resembling molluscum contagiosum as the initial manifestation of …

Cutaneous infections is observed in 15% of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis with
AIDS. We present here a case of a 34 years old female with AIDS. She presented with …

As many as 15% of cases of systemic infection with Cryptococcus neoformans have
cutaneous involvement. The existence of primary cutaneous disease is controversial. We …