Disseminated cryptococcosis initially presenting as cellulitis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 249-252

  Lu, Hsueh Chieh ^a   Yang, Ying Ying ^a   Huang, Yu Lin ^a   Chen, Te Li ^a   Chuang, Chiao Lin ^a   Lee, Fa Yauh ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CREATINE KINASE; FLUCONAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COUGHING; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEG SWELLING; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOSE FEEDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN BIOPSY; SPUTUM DISCOLORATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34447500072     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70368-5     Document Type: Article

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