Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent host: Case report and review of the literature

Dermatology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-149

  Revenga, Francisco ^a,b   Paricio, J F ^a   Merino, F J ^a   Nebreda, T ^a   Ramirez T ^a   Martinez A M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA BÁRBARA   (Spain)

^b Hospital General del Insalud Soria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Immunocompetence; Itraconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HAND INJURY; HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036219292     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051835     Document Type: Article

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